Enjoy these scenes from Orrell Water Park in years past

Orrell Water Park has been a popular Wigan escape and attraction for four decades now since disused reservoirs were turned into a nature reserve.

And Observer photographers have been visiting it for a variety of events ever since. Enjoy these picture reminiscences!

5. Joel Whittington, 11, a pupil at Newfold Primary School, and mum Joyce, keep busy in the half-term holiday at Orrell Water Park where they made a bird box with the help of Wigan Leisure & Culture Trust park ranger Michelle Corsair

. Photo: Nick Fairhurst

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. Photo: Frank Orrell

. Photo: MA