Brow, it housed thatched roof cottages which were pulled down in the early 1990s. Saint Cuthbert Church was also erected around this time, but has since been demolished. Other Victorian terraced houses lined the west side of Berry Brow as it rose to the level crossing at Clayton Bridge railway station, the east side still being occupied by fields into the 1950s. Clayton Bridge Railway Station Clayton Bridge railway station on the line between Manchester and Stalybridge opened in April 1846 and became a victim of the Beeching Axe, closing in 1968. The station buildings were to the west of Berry Brow, the signal box was on the opposite side on the north of the line and was also used to manually operate the level crossing gates. Nothing remains of the station. Railway branch line In 1904, a railway branch line was completed which ran south through Clayton Vale to the Stuart Street Power Station. The line was later extended in 1916, across Ashton New Road into the Clayton Aniline Company works. For many years, waste coal ash from the power station was transported on the line and dumped as landfill into Clayton Vale. Clayton Vale post 1986 Before the mid-nineteen eighties, the land was heavily polluted with recent landfills and general neglect, and the buildings of the vale had either been vandalised or demolished. Redevelopment of the land went under way, known as the Medlock Valley Scheme. The area has been described as a shining example of urban country parkland and a haven for wildlife by The Heritage Trail. Trees were planted in the mid-1980s and after two decades stands a semi-mature forest, home to black-and-white blackbirds and squirrels in the taller trees. Silver birch, ash, sycamore, willow and poplars line to the top of the dell. See also Clayton, Manchester Newton Heath References Further reading East Manchester Remembered Frank Pritchard 1923 Ordnance Survey Map External links Friends of Clayton Vale - https://archive.today/20121224024144/http://www.friendsofclaytonvale.org.uk/index.htm Manchester City Council - https://web.archive.org/web/20031205212846/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/leisure/parks/east/claytonvale.htm Medlock Valley - https://web.archive.org/web/20070223041623/http://www.medlockvalley.info/ Eastserve - Manchester Central Library Online Photo Archive http://www.images.manchester.gov.uk/ Parks and commons in Manchester Local Nature Reserves in Greater Manchester