The Moor - Introduction
The Moor is not a typical formal park - in fact it has many characteristics of a village green. Itprovides a peaceful green open space between the built-up areas of Knutsford and Cross Town with attractive views of the town and its unusual architecture, as well as the Moor Pool with its reed beds, ducks, geese and swans.
A small river, known as the River Lily, runs alongside the Moor and it receives runoff from the built-up ridges to the east and west and, as a result, surface water has always been a problem. For centuries, much time and money have been spent trying to control the excess water, using drains, ditches, pipes and channels with varying degrees of success.
The area has a long history of use by the community, for keeping and feeding livestock, for supporting local industries (e.g. textiles andbasket making, supplying reeds for thatching buildings), for military training, as a waste dumping site, as a thoroughfare between Knutsford and Cross Town, and (especially today) for recreation (football, fishing, dog-walking, family picnics, children’s play, feeding the water birds – and for special events).
Since the Urban District Council acquired the Moor in 1907, successive local governments and groups have worked towards the improvement of this area for the enjoyment of the local community.
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