The Carbon Landscape encompasses the wetlands of Wigan, the mosslands in Salford and Warrington and the Mersey Wetlands corridor stretching from Rixton to the Manchester Ship Canal, including the Woolston Eyes Site of Special Scientific Interest in Warrington.
The Carbon Landscape is a diverse landscape of water, fen, wet grassland, wet woodland and lowland raised bog. It represents the community and natural heritage of the three distinct boroughs, as well as the rich industrial and social history of the Northwest.
This landscape, and the desire to engage the community with their local sites, brought together the Carbon Landscape Partnership, a £3.2million project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The programme aims to help us to connect all our wonderful wildlife sites together so that we have a resilient landscape.
The Carbon Landscape project will bring together previous restoration achievements with new works, without losing sight of the ground-breaking heritage that made the region famous. Its aim is to redesign our landscape with wildlife in mind, creating a network of safe spaces for wild animals to move between. We want to use The Carbon Landscape’s proximity to urban areas as a chance to inspire people to see what wildlife is on their doorstep and to get involved.
