Wednesday Winter Rambles

All walks start at 10:30 unless otherwise stated. 

Category 1) May walk at a faster pace

Category 2) Intermediate walks between Category 1 & 3 walks

Category 3) Walks are easier and at a slower pace ideal for beginners.

Short Date	Walk Cat	Name of Walk	Start Point	Walk Way Points	Distance & Terrain Description
25th Oct 23	1	Brinscall	Ryal Fold Visitor's Centre, Tockholes	Roddlesworth Res, Brinscall, Wheelton Plantation, Stepping Stones.	8 Miles
	2	Horwich Moor	Moss Bank Park cp	Moss Bank Park, Doffcocker Lodge, Old Hall, High Rid, Horwich Moor, Old Harpers, Holden’s Farm, Walker Fold.	8 Miles
	3	Anglezarke Reservoir	Walk starts at Anglezarke Reservoir cp. For people needing transport to the start point, meet at the bus terminus at the bottom of Lever Park Avenue at 10.00	Circular walk around Anglezarke Reservoir.	5 miles
1st Nov 23	1	Turton Tower	Turton Tower cp	Cheetham Close, Entwistle, Edge Fold, Wayoh.	10 miles
	2	Top of Quarlton	Jumbles cp	Jumbles c/p, Crompton Farm, Affetside, Holly Mount, Range House, Top of Quarlton, Pallett, Turton Bottoms.	8 Miles
	3	Pennington Circular	Leigh Leisure Centre WN7 4JY, facing Holiday Inn. Toilets at start and lunch stop.	Canal, Pennington Flash, Used Railway Line	5.5 miles
8th Nov 23	1	Solomon’s Temple	Ryal Fold Visitor's Centre, Tockholes	Roddlesworth Res East, Solomon’s Temple, Drinkwaters, Great Hill, Slipper Lowe, Ryal Fold.	8.5 miles
	2	Hole in One	Turton Tower cp	Clough House, Torra Barn, Turton Golf Club, Witton Weaver's Way, Rotary Way, Turton Bottoms, Wayoh West	8 miles
	3	High Rid	Walk starts at Heaton Fold garden centre. Park in the overspill car park opposite. From Chorley New Road, on reaching The Retreat restaurant, turn down Overdale Road, to the bottom.	Middlebrook path – woodlands – High Rid – golf course- Middlebrook path	7 miles approx. People who wish to cut the walk to 5 miles should meet the group at Lostock station at 11:00
15th Nov 23	1	Great Hill	Rivington Hall Drive	Rivington Hall Dr, Higher Hempshaws, Spitlers Edge, Great Hill, White Coppice.	10 miles
	2	Two Lakes	Jumbles cp	Turton Bottoms, Chapeltown, Wayoh Circuit, Barlow Institute, Jumbles CP.	8 miles
	3	Lead Mines Clough	Rivington Great House Barn cp	Street Drive, Lead Mines Clough, Dean House	5 miles
22nd Nov 23	1	Winter Hill	The cp opposite the Cross Guns Public House, Egerton.	Hole Bottoms, Longworth Clough, San Marino, Winter Hill, Smithills Dean, Tippett House, Horrocks Fold, Dunscar Golf Club.	10 miles. Some climbing/rough terrain.
	2	Rivington Terraced Gardens	Bottom of George's Lane, Horwich	Burnt Edge, Wildersmoor, Pike Cottage, Rivington Terraced Gdns, Tiger’s Clough, Ormston’s, Wilderswood.	8 Miles
	3	Worthington lakes	Blundell Lane, Little Scotland, Blackrod,	Blackrod Bottoms, Crawshaw Hall, Worthington Lakes, Arley Hall, Blundell Lane.	6 miles.
29th Nov 23	1	Turton Moor	The cp opposite the Cross Guns Public House, Egerton.	X Guns c/p, Egerton, Stones Bank, Catherine Edge, Darwen Moor, Brownfields, Turton Heights, Egerton.	9 miles
	2	Sheep Cote Green	Moss Bank Park cp	Smithills Hall, Haricroft Farm, Tippett House, Pendlebury’s, Chadwick’s, Sheep Cote Green, Holdens, Burnt Edge, Walker Fold, Old Links.	7.5 Miles
	3	Redisher Woods	Meet at the bottom of Lumb Carr Road near The Hare and Hounds Pub, Holcombe Brook.	Redisher Woods, Greenmount Golf Course, Kirklees Trail, Summerseat, Tag Wood	5 miles
6th Dec 23	1	Limbrick	Rivington Hall Drive	Rivington Hall Dr, Limbrick, Bibbys Farm, Healey Nab, Overflow Steps, Rivington.	9 miles
	2	Harry Fold	Turton Tower cp	Turton Tower. Harry Fold, Affetside, Boardmans Farm	8 miles
	3	Kirklees trail	St Anne’s Church Tottington.	Kirklees Trail to Burrs via Lottery bridge, Summerseat CC to Tower Farm	6.5 miles
13th Dec 23		XMAS LUNCH
20th Dec 23	1	Heapy	Anglezarke Reservoir cp	Holland Fold, Canal, Heapy Reservoirs.	9 miles
	2	Burrs Circular	Burrs Country Park cp, BL8 1DA (park near chimney)	Walmersley, Bank Top Farm, Chest Wheel Farm, Brooksbottoms, Woodhey, Holcombe Brook, Tower Farm,Disused Railway Line, Tottington	7.5 miles
	3	Smithills & Horrocks Wood	Smithills Hall cp BL1 7NP	Horrocks Woods and Moor, Tippett House, Barrow Bridge, Smithills Hall	5.5 miles
27th Dec 23	1	Musbury Heights	Helmshore Textile Museum cp	Holden Wood, Calf Hey, Musbury Heights, Musbury Brook.	8.5 miles
	2	Yarrow Valley	Yarrow Valley Country Park cp	River Yarrow, Dry Bones Wood, Eller Brook, Wigan Lane, Canal Towpath, Bridge 74, Duxbury Park	8 Miles
	3	Ainsworth Circular	Duke William PH, Ainsworth, park on the nearby tracks	Knowsley Cottages, Lowercroft Lodges, Bentley Hall	5 miles
3rd Jan 24	1	No Walk Leader
	2	Entwistle	Turton Tower cp	Entwistle Reservoir, Entwistle Station, Wayoh, Chapeltown	8 Miles
	3	Jumbles	Hough Fold Way, behind Morrisons Harwood, near the Health Centre	Bradshaw Bottom, Jumbles Circuit, Riding Gate.	5 miles
10th Jan 24	1	Ryal Fold	Ryal Fold Visitor's Centre, Tockholes	Roddlesworth, Abbey Village, Brinscall, Great Hill.	10 miles
	2	Haigh (Lady Mabel's Wood)	Red Rock cp. Follow the B5239 (Red Rock Lane) towards Standish, over the canal and the cp is 200m past the old Bridge 63 Public House on the right. If the cp is full park at Bridge 63 pub cp.	Old Railway path, Red Rock Lane, Astleys, School Lane, Haigh Hall, Upper Plantations, Hill Lane, Lady Mabel's Wood, L & L Canal tow path	8 miles, over a reasonably flat route, with only one steep incline. Some muddy patches
	3	Pennington Circular	Leigh Leisure Centre WN7 4JY, facing Holiday Inn. Toilets at start and lunch stop.	Canal, Pennington Flash, Used Railway Line	5.5 miles
17th Jan 24	1	Eagley and Jumbles Circuit	Last Drop car park (Take right fork on entry. Car park is facing The Pennine suite building)	Cox Green, Critchley Fold, Fernhill Farm, Cubbins Farm, Delph Brook, Eagley, Birtenshaw School, Jumbles Reservoir, Turton Tower, Cheetham Close, Little Stanrose Farm.	10 Miles
	2	Spitlers Edge	Naylor's Terrace behind the old Belmont Bull Public House (Now apartments)	Hordern Stoops, Spitlers Edge, Great Hill, Piccadilly, Higher Pasture House	8 Miles
	3	Burrs Country Park	Waterside Road, Summerseat (BL9 5QW). Park on road beside playing field.	Burrs Country Park, Kingbury Wood Circular	5.5 miles
24th Jan 24	1	Limbrick - Chorley Circular	The Spinners at Cowling Pub, park on roadside not Pub cp, PR6 9EA	Bibby’s Farm, White House, Manor House, Rivington, Shaw Place, Hall o’ th’ Hill, Canal Path.	9.5 miles
	2	Amelies Pond	The cp opposite the Cross Guns Public House, Egerton.	X Guns c/p, Egerton, Heights West, Entwistle Res, Edge Fold, Amelies Pond, Wayoh, Chapeltown, Cheetham Close, Egerton.	9 miles
	3	Tippet House	Moss Bank Park cp	Smithills Hall, Tippet House, Horrocks Hill Farm, Barrow Bridge	5 miles
31st Jan 24	1	Stone Circle	Turton Tower cp	Stone Circle, Three Lowe’s, Entwistle Res.	9 miles
	2	Counting Hill	Moss Bank Park cp	Barrow Bridge, Hampson's Farm, Sheepcote Green, Counting Hill, The Mast, Burnt Edge, Little Dakins	8 miles
	3	Kirklees Country Park	Walk starts at the signposted lane opposite the Hub Tea Rooms (BL8 4DR) on Brandlesholme Road, Greenmount	Circular walk following the converted railway track.	6 miles
7th Feb 24	1	Jumbles Affetside Wayoh Loop	Jumbles cp	Harry Fold, Affetside, Two Brooks Farm, Higher Barn Farm, Boardmans Farm, Edgeworth, Black Bull, Wayoh, Witton Weavers Way, Turton Tower.	10 miles
	2	Doffcocker	Whitehill Lane. Park on the road, by the side of Belmont Water Treatment Plant	Whitehall Ln, Barlow Park, Smithills CP, Moss Bank Park, Doffcocker, Old Links GC, Horrocks Fold.	7.5 miles
	3	Appley Bridge Rail Ramble	Meet at Westhoughton Train Station, Church St., BL5 3LE for the 10.40am departure, anyone catching the train from Bolton get the Southport train which currently leaves at 10.32am. Please note train times are subject to change so please check times before travelling. (Plenty of parking on trackside approach)	Appley Bridge canal walk to Wigan Pier	5 miles
14th Feb 24	1	Tacklers Trail	Ryal Fold Visitor's Centre, Tockholes	Tacklers Trail, Darwen Moor, Darwen Tower, Sunnyhurst Woods.	9.7 miles
	2	No Walk Leader
	3	Entwistle	Turton Tower cp	Entwistle Circuit, Wayoh, Chapeltown	6.5 miles
21st Feb 24	1	Healey Nab	Anglezarke Reservoir cp	Anglezarke c/p, Leeds Liverpool Towpath, Healey Nab, High Bullough.	10 miles
	2	Darwen Tower & Donkey Brew	Ryal Fold Visitor's Centre, Tockholes	Step Back Brook, Darwen Tower, Sunnyhurst, The Kiosk, Sunnyhurst Woods, Donkey Brew.	7 miles
	3	Freda's Way	Walk starts at Rivington Hall Drive. For people needing transport to the start point, meet at the bus terminus at the bottom of Lever Park Avenue at 10.05	Rivington Hall Barn, Freda's Way, High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Embankment, The Street.	6 miles.
28th Feb 24	1	Catter Nab	Naylor's Terrace behind the old Belmont Bull Public House (Now apartments)	Hoar Stones, Hordern Stoops, Catter Nab, The Pike, The Mast, Belmont Reservoir	9 miles
	2	Two Lads & Wildersmoor	Moss Bank Park cp	Moss Bank Park, Barrow Bridge,Walker Fold, Holden’s Farm, Two Lads, Pike Cottage, Wildersmoor, Burnt Edge, Little Dakins, Barrow Bridge.	8 Miles
	3	Doffcocker	Moss Bank Park cp	Doffcocker, High Rid, Doffcocker	5 miles
6th Mar 24	1	Bleakholt	Helmshore Textile Museum cp	Snig Hole, Irwell Vale, Edenfield, Dearden Wood, Bleakholt, Robin Hood’s Well, Dowry Head.	8.5 miles
	2	Dean Wood	Walk starts at Rivington Hall Drive. For people needing transport to the start point, meet at the bus terminus at the bottom of Lever Park Avenue at 10.05	Dean Wood, Wilcock’s Farm, Higher Hempshaw's Farm, Lead Mines Clough, Manor House, Yarrow Reservoir	8 Miles
	3	Haigh Hall	Blundell Lane, Little Scotland, Blackrod,	Arley lane, L & L canal, Semicar Lane (short climb), Haigh Hall, Haigh Village, Bludell Lane	6 miles
13th Mar 24	1	Railway & Canal	Leverhulme Park Leisure Centre cp	Bolton / Bury Railway, Radcliffe, Bury / Bolton Canal, Prestolee Locks	10 miles
	2	Withnell Moor	Ryal Fold Visitor's Centre, Tockholes	Roddlesworth Res, Abbey Village, Withnell Moor, Stepping Stones, Rocky Brook.	7 miles
	3	To Reddisher Woods and back	Lumb Carr Rd cp	Follow Moorbottom Road to Taylor's Farm and Higher/Middle Ridge, then back through the woodland to Hollingrove Farm, Dandy Hall and Spenleach Lane down to Bolton Rd and Holcombe.	6 miles
20th Mar 24	1	Cadshaw Valley	Batridge Rd cp	Entwistle East, Lowe Hill,Witton Weavers Way, Brown Lowe, Green Lowe, Cadshaw Valley, Entwistle South	9.5 miles
	2	Roger Worthington's Grave	Jumbles cp	Affetside, Two Brooks, Hawkshaw, Boardman’s, Edgworth, Turton Bottoms.	7.5 miles
	3	Around Ainsworth	Duke William PH, Ainsworth, park on the nearby tracks	A walk around the sights of Ainsworth	5 miles
27th Mar 24	1	Irwell Sculpture Trail	Moses Gate Country Park, Lower cp	Nob End, Rotary Way, Sunny Bank Mill, Irwell Sculpture Trail, Clifton Country Park, Clammerclough.	9 miles
	2	Edenfield	Nuttall Park cp Ramsbottom	River Irwell, Sheep Hey, Bleakholt, Dearden Brook, Edenfield Church, Irwell Vale, Strongstry	8 miles
	3	Smithills & Horrocks Wood	Smithills Hall cp BL1 7NP	Horrocks Woods and Moor, Tippett House, Barrow Bridge, Smithills Hall	5.5 miles
3rd Apr 24	1	Ryal Fold	Ryal Fold Visitor's Centre, Tockholes	Roddlesworth, Hollinshead Hall, Witton Weavers Way, Darwen Moor, Jubilee Tower, Lyons Den, Ryal Fold.	8.5 miles
	2	Adlington Circular	Jubilee Playing Fields CP, Station Rd, Adlington, Chorley PR7 4HQ	Adlington Circular	8 miles
	3	Summerseat	Nuttall Park cp Ramsbottom	Tag Wood, Brooksbottom CC, Summerseat, Nuttall Park	6 miles
10th Apr 24	1	Entwistle Reservoir	The cp opposite the Cross Guns Public House, Egerton.	X Guns c/p, Egerton, Heights West, Brownfields, Entwistle Stn, Wayoh, Billy Brook, Butterworths, Egerton.	9 miles
	2	Fisherman's Walk	Bus terminus at the bottom of Lever Park Avenue Horwich	Dryfield Lane, Fisherman’s Walk, Street Drive, Overflow Steps, Dean Brook, Rivington, Horwich.	8 miles
	3	Irwell Vale	Nuttall Park cp Ramsbottom	Stubbins, Irwell Vale Train Stop, Old Railway Line	6 miles
17th Apr 24	1	Canal and old Railway	Moses Gate Country Park, Lower cp	Nob End, Manchester,Bolton & Bury Canal, Radcliffe, Withins Res, Ainsworth Rd, Bradley Fold, Dove Bank.	10 miles
	2	Haigh Hall	Park on road near Balcarres Arms, Copperas Lane, Haigh	Canal, Plantation Gates, Douglas Valley, Haigh Hall Grounds	8 Miles
	3	Lead Mines Clough	Rivington Great House Barn cp	Street Drive, Lead Mines Clough, Dean House	5 miles