Textile Street, Gorton, and Sacred Heart Church, Levenshulme Road, Gorton, now form part of the R.C. Parish of Sacred Heart and St. Francis. Other churches in Gorton which were designed by notable architects include the Brookfield Unitarian Church on Hyde Road, built by Richard Peacock and the Mount Olivet Apostolic Church (originally the Anglican church of Our Lady of Mercy and St Thomas of Canterbury) on Mount Road, which was built by Walter Tapper in 1927. Gorton Heritage Trail is a public trail with 20 sites of interest. The trail is partly semi-rural, largely located within the Gore Brook Valley Conservation Area, and highlights various local landmarks, including ecological and topographical sites, and grade-listed monuments and buildings. The trail starts in Sunny Brow Park, and leads northwards to Debdale Park, following the reverse course of Gore Brook. There are a number of grade-listed buildings in Gorton, most notably Gorton Monastery. Other listed buildings and monuments include: Anglican Church of Saint Benedict - this is the site of the Manchester Climbing Centre St James' Church The Plough Inn Brookfield Unitarian Church & Brookfield Sunday School Peacock Mausoleum - this is situated on the grounds of Brookfield Church along with many other memorial stones including that of James Rider of the Gorton Philharmonic, The Grimshaws of Stansfield Lodge (including Joseph Stansfield Grimshaw Esq.), and various workers of Gorton Foundry Brookfield Lodge 46-50 Far Lane 56-60 Tan Yard Brow Springbank Farmhouse 60-66 High Bank Lane Gorton House - situated within Debdale Park Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury Church Beswick Co-operative Society Building Gorton was home to the world-famous Belle Vue Zoological Gardens from 1836 until its closure in the 1980s. At its peak, Belle Vue attracted more than two million visitors a year. Transport Railway The area is served by several railway stations including Gorton, Ashburys, Belle Vue and Ryder Brow. Trains on the Hope Valley line and Glossop line stop at Gorton. Services are operated by Northern, with trains to , , and Rose Hill Marple. Until 1970, passenger services on the Great Central Railway passed through the station. Gorton station is mentioned in the 1964 song Slow Train by Flanders & Swann, where it was referred to as Openshaw. History Another railway station in the Gorton area, , was opened in 1882 on the Fallowfield Loop railway line until the route closed to passengers in 1958. The station had