Walking on the West Pennine Moors

This guidebook describes 30 walks on the West Pennine Moors, around Blackburn, Darwen, Chorley and Bolton, home to some of the most inspiring and exhilarating walking country. The walks range from short, easy rambles to more challenging hikes covering a variety of terrain, all of it easily accessible for day walking.

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Overview

Guidebook to 30 day walks in the West Pennine Moors, the wide open country between Blackburn, Darwen, Chorley and Bolton in the heart of northern England. Walks range between 2.5 and 9 miles in length, and from short, easy rambles to challenging hikes.

The West Pennine Moors cover over 80 square miles of wild and diverse landscape. The area is rich in historical heritage, including historic houses, monuments such as Holcombe Tower and Jubilee Tower, and other reminders of the industrial revolution. The walks are described step-by-step clearly illustrated with OS map extracts and colour photographs, with lots of information on local history and geology explained along the way.

Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Geography and Natural History
Human Influence
Introducing the Valleys
Walking Safely
Using this Guide
Rivington and Anglezarke
Walk 1 Around Anglezarke Reservoir
Walk 2 Rivington Moor and Winter Hill
Walk 3 Wilderswood and the edge of Rivington Moor
Walk 4 Rivington Pike
Walk 5 Rivington Country Park
Walk 6 Great Hill and Spitler’s Edge
Walk 7 Noon Hill Slack
Walk 8 Around Yarrow Reservoir
Walk 9 Lead Mines Clough and Jepson’s Gate
Walk 10 Healey Nab and Limbrick
Walk 11 Withnell Moor
Walk 12 Wheelton Moor
Roddlesworth and Darwen
Walk 13 Tockholes and Darwen Tower
Walk 14 Darwen Tower via Sunnyhurst Wood
Walk 15 Roddlesworth Woodlands and Reservoirs
Walk 16 Belmont Reservoir and Spitler’s Edge
Walk 17 Sunnyhurst Wood
Turton and Entwistle
Walk 18 Turton Moor
Walk 19 Turton and Entwistle Reservoir
Walk 20 Around Jumbles Reservoir
Walk 21 Around Wayoh
Walk 22 The Three Reservoirs and Turton Tower
Walk 23 Longworth Clough and Turton Heights
Walk 24 Cheetham Close
Ramsbottom, Hoddlesden and Haslingden Grane
Walk 25 Calf Hey and Ogden Reservoirs
Walk 26 Haslingden Grane
Walk 27 Jumbles and Two Brooks Valley
Walk 28 Holcombe Moor and Peel Monument
Walk 29 Around Alden Brook
Walk 30 Irwell Valley

Appendix 1 Route Summary Table
Appendix 2 Further Reading

Maps

1:50000 – all the walks in this book can be found on Ordnance Survey® Landranger Sheets 103 (Blackburn and Burnley), and 109 (Manchester).

1:25000 – of greater use to walkers on the West Pennine Moors is the Ordnance Survey Explorer Sheet 287 (www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk), which covers all the walks in this book.

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September 2021

Walk 13 map

The green/red icon that depicts the starting point should be at to Ryal Fold, where the visitor centre is.

June 2018

Corrections

Walk 3:

start point grid ref should be SD634128

July 2013

Walk 13 and 15

Slipper Lowe Car Park has been permanently closed by United Utilities. There is an alternative car park at Ryal Fold (SD665 214) , although using this would alter the walks.

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