Category:Bishop Park, Oldham
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English: Bishop Park occupies about 50 hectares on an exposed site which provides extensive views of Oldham, Shaw, Denshaw, Delph and the surrounding hills. An obelisk commemorates the family which gave the land for the park.The park contains a 9-hole golf course, two football pitches and a car park. The park was developed in 1927 on a site which had included a number of farms, a coal pit and a quarry. The source of the River Medlock is within the park and the obelisk is on Wotherhead Hill.
An obelisk is situated at 1,233 feet (about 375 metres) and marks the highest point in Oldham. It was erected to commemorate the local family who gave the land to the borough.
Media in category "Bishop Park, Oldham"
The following 18 files are in this category, out of 18 total.
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Approaching Harbour Hill - geograph.org.uk - 4192720.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 513 KB
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Bishop Park - geograph.org.uk - 2669749.jpg 1,280 × 960; 932 KB
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Bishop Park memorial - geograph.org.uk - 2442967.jpg 4,007 × 2,651; 3.63 MB
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Bishop Park Monument (dedication) - geograph.org.uk - 2669720.jpg 640 × 480; 293 KB
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Bishop Park Monument - geograph.org.uk - 225677.jpg 483 × 640; 111 KB
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Bishop Park Monument - geograph.org.uk - 2669695.jpg 1,280 × 960; 614 KB
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Bishop Park monument - geograph.org.uk - 2943231.jpg 640 × 418; 85 KB
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Bishop Park Trig Point and Monument - geograph.org.uk - 2669740.jpg 1,280 × 960; 802 KB
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Bishop Park, Grains Bar - geograph.org.uk - 2324.jpg 512 × 324; 27 KB
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Bishop Park, Wotherhead Hill - geograph.org.uk - 2669669.jpg 1,280 × 960; 868 KB
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Footpath below Bishop's Park Monument - geograph.org.uk - 4983645.jpg 1,000 × 843; 347 KB
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Is this a toposcope^ - geograph.org.uk - 2073564.jpg 3,686 × 2,475; 3.86 MB
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Path round the hilltop - geograph.org.uk - 2073608.jpg 3,634 × 2,466; 3.74 MB
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Ship Lane - geograph.org.uk - 2305588.jpg 640 × 487; 100 KB
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The Bishop Monument - geograph.org.uk - 2072110.jpg 3,671 × 2,480; 2.55 MB
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Trig pillar and monument, Bishop Park - geograph.org.uk - 2629570.jpg 480 × 640; 103 KB
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Trig pillar, Bishop Park - geograph.org.uk - 1925045.jpg 640 × 466; 122 KB
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Trig point and monument at Bishop Park - geograph.org.uk - 4192717.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 475 KB
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