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Bealey's Goit is/was an artificial channel constructed to supply water from the River Irwell for the Bealey's bleachworks at Radcliffe. Now redundant, it is largely overgrown except for the small section passing through Close Park. This part of the goit has been cleaned up as part of a general revamp of the park which is a public park approximately 1 mile from Radcliffe town centre. The parkland was donated to the town by the Bealey family (owners of the bleachworks) and first opened as a public park in 1925.