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  • Top quality sports facilities coming soon to Ramsbottom

    Top quality sports facilities coming soon to Ramsbottom

    Major site works at Top Park, Ramsbottom have advanced over the winter months to create top quality sports facilities, including a £1.5m new state of the art, full size 3G floodlit-all-weather football pitch.

  • Preserving Peel Tower

    Preserving Peel Tower

    Thanks to a grant of £57,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, a condition survey is to be carried out at Peel Tower with a view to preserving this iconic landmark, originally unveiled in 1852, for many years to come.

  • Stephen Rhodes, Director of Bus at Transport for Greater Manchester and Nigel Featham, Managing Director, Go North West.

    More electric buses for the Bee Network

    Go North West, in partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), will introduce 19 new electric double-decker buses to the Bee Network on 5 January 2025. This expansion increases Go North West’s electric fleet to 69 buses, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable and environmentally friendly public transport in Greater Manchester.

  • Cllrs Alan Quinn and Gareth Staples-Jones at Top Park

    New sports facilities coming to Top Park, Ramsbottom

    More top-quality sports facilities are on the way as works progress to create a new state-of-the-art, full-size 3G floodlit all-weather football pitch at Top Park, Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom.

  • Investing in Streets for All at Ramsbottom Town Centre

    Investing in Streets for All at Ramsbottom Town Centre

    Bury Council is launching a public consultation on plans to enhance travel options in Ramsbottom town centre, aiming to make the town a more enjoyable place to live, work, visit, and conduct business.

  • Elinor Barker (photo credit: SWPix)

    Ramsbottom to welcome world’s top women cyclists

    The Tour of Britain Women is coming to Ramsbottom this Sunday (9 June) to race down Peel Brow and through the town centre before 90 world-class cyclists go head-to-head at The Rake for the Queen of the Mountain Challenge.

  • Tour of Britain to race through Ramsbottom on Sunday

    Tour of Britain to race through Ramsbottom on Sunday

    The 2023 Tour of Britain is returning to Ramsbottom and parts of Greater Manchester on Sunday 3 September when the area will host Stage 1 of the UK’s biggest and most prestigious professional cycle race.

  • Cyclists storming up The Rake in 2019.

    Tour of Britain coming back to Bury

    The UK’s biggest professional cycle race, the 2023 Tour of Britain, will be returning to Bury on Sunday 3 September.

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