PLEASE NOTE: NUMBER 1 WALKS START AT 10.00 a.m. ALL OTHER WALKS START AT 10.30 a.m. UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
There will be a coffee break and a lunch break so you will need sandwiches and a flask. Please make sure you have adequate water with you, especially during hot weather.
1st AUGUST
(1) HARROCK HILL – 11 Miles
Park on Bridge Inn CP, Appley Bridge. GR 523 092.
Ashurst Beacon, Parbold Hill, Harrock Hill, Fairy Glen
(2) BLUEBELL COTTAGE WALK – 8/9 Miles
Cars to Bluebell Cottage Gardens off A533 near Dutton, Cheshire, WA4 4HP. GR SJ 583 780 signs for Bluebell Cottage form A49 and A533
Walk: Aston Grange, River Weaver, Pickering’s Cut, Bartington and back along the Trent Mersey Canal.
(3) LIMBRICK – 7 Miles
MP car park opposite Black Horse Pub (permission gained) GR SD602 163 PC PR6 9EE
Limbrick, Yarrow, White Coppice, Healey Nab
(4) HOLLINGWORTH LAKE AND ROCHDALE CANAL – 5 Miles
Meet at Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre: GR 939153; £2.20 charge.
Hollingworth Lane, Smithy Bridge, Rochdale Canal, Littleborough, Cleggs Wood.
8th AUGUST
(1) HEBDEN & GRASSINGTON MOOR – 10 Miles
Park on road to Burnsall, just past Clarendon Hotel. GR 025 632
Hebden, Yarnbury, Bare House, Dalesway to Grassington.
(2) WYCOLLER – 9.25 Miles
Cars to Ball grove Park & Nature Reserve CP. BB8 7HL GR SD 908 404 Turn right off A6068 Keithley Rd, approx 0.5 miles past B6250 Trawden Rd (signed Ball Grove Park)
Walk: Winewall, Hollin Hall, Oaken Bank, Bronte Way, Wycoller, Covey Bridge and return.
(3) WATER AND HERITAGE – 7 Miles
MP Barlow Institute CP GR SD 741 166.
Turton Bottoms, Chapletown, Wayoh, Crowthorn, Plantation Road and return
(4) HIKE TO COAL PIT – 6 Miles
Meet at Bob’s Smithy: Park on roads nearby: BL1 7PX.
Walker Fold Woods, Burnt Edge, Smithills Moor, return.
15th AUGUST
(1) WHITENDALE ROUND – 11 Miles
Cars to Dunsop Bridge CP. GR 661 501
Sykes Farm, Ouster Rake, Brennand Farm, Whitendale, Dunsop Head, Burn Fell, Beatrix, Dunsop Bridge. 2400ft of ascent
(2) DOWNHAM/SAWLEY ROUND – 8 Miles
Cars to Downham Village CP. BB7 4BS GR SD 785 441
Walk: Downham, Sawley Grange, Sawley, Ribble Way, Chatburn and return.
(3) ORMSKIRK AND GORSE HILL – 7 Miles
MP Ormskirk Railway Station Approach PC L39 2YN.
Walk around the market town of Ormskirk beginning in the centre with a chance to take in the stunning views and wildlife found at Gorse Hill Nature Reserve
(4) HEALEY NAB – 5/6 Miles
MP White Coppice cricket pitch: PR6 9DE.
Heapey Reservoirs, Healey Nab, Waterman’s Cottage
22nd AUGUST
(1) EDGWORTH/PILGRIMS CROSS – 11 Miles
Cars to Barlow Institute CP, Edgworth. GR 741 166
Pilgrims Cross, Peel Tower, Holcombe Range, Quarlton Heights
(2) HIDDEN TREASURES OF SUNDERLAND POINT – 8 Miles
Cars to public CP, opposite The Globe. (Currently undergoing a refurb and may be re-named!) at the end of Main St in Overton, just before the causeway to Sunderland Point. LA3 3HF GR SD 433 579
Walk: Bazil Point, Overton, Sunderland Point, and return via Potts Corner. A mixture of roads, fields and pebbly shoreline paths.
(3) CHIPPING – 7.5 Miles
MP Village CP (pay and display) GR SD 625 143
Birchen Lee, Dinkling Green Farm, Higher and Lower Greystonely
(4) CHIPPING – 5 Miles
Meet at the Village car park – Pay & Display. GR 621 433; PR3 2QH.
Higher and Lower Greystonely, Lickhurst Farm, Park Gate, Laund Farm.
29th AUGUST
(1) DENTDALE. THE PRESIDENT’S WALK – 12 Miles
Cars to New Bridge, Sedburgh on A684. GTR 664 920.
Frostrow Fell, Hole House, Dent, Gawthrop, Ellers, Millthrop
(2) RUFF, BLYTHE AND NEEDLESS – 10 Miles
Cars to the layby at the entrance to the Latham Hall Estate, nearest postcode L40 5UE GR SD 454 092
Walk: Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Burscough Priory, Westhead and return.
(3) OLD BIRCLE – 7 Miles
MP Bury Clarence Park CP(free) GR SD 809 123 PC BL9 5DF
Bevis Green, Buckhurst School, Scotland Lane, Old Bircle return via Chesham Woods
(4) TWIXT BELMONT AND DELPH – 5.5 Miles
Meet at the Belmont Bull, now closed. GR SD 674 162; BL7 8AJ. Park on streets nearby.
Walk: Belmont Reservoir, Higher Whittaker, Stones Bank, Walmsley Chapel, Delph Reservoir, return.