AUTUMN GUIDED WALKS
September to November 2024
Click Autumn Walks for the program.
All are welcome, no membership is required, come regularly or just occasionally on these free guided walks. You are advised to wear appropriate clothing and hiking boots.
There are plenty of stiles and several steep inclines. Sorry, no dogs.
(NB. Mileage and finishing times are approximate.)
Walk Reports
Monday 2nd September 2024
Monthly Short Walk- Greenmount, Holcombe Woods and Moors.
For the second time this month we have had to change the route of our advertised walk, due to a yellow weather warning being posted on the Met. office’s website. We decided to change the planned route to one that did not include going onto the moors. Starting from Greenmount we walked into Holcombe Brook, through Redisher Wood, where we turned left onto Holcombe Old Road and walked along the cobbles as far as Darul Uloom, where we turned right and crossed Lumb Carr Road. After walking for a short distance, along the track opposite, we climbed over a difficult stile that was built into the stone wall and headed to Tagg Wood. Once through the wood we turned left and continued to climb through the trees to The Hare & Hounds, where we stopped for an early coffee break.
Holcombe Old Road
Difficult stile
Tagg Wood
The Hare & Hounds
It was at this point where we changed our original route and instead of climbing onto the moors, we headed down through Carr Wood into Ramsbottom. After turning left on Carr Street, we walked for a short distance before turning right into Callender Street, which we followed down to Bolton Road. From here we continued along familiar footpaths into Nuttall Park where we joined the path, which follows the River Irwell into Summerseat.
Carr Street
Nuttall Park
On the way we stopped to view the work being undertaken by United Utilities, in the area that once was the site of Nuttall Village. The multi million project consists of sinking a storm water storage tank, along the side of the Irwell, that will hold three and a half million litres of wate, the aim being to reduce the number of times storm overflows occur during periods of heavy rain.
Storm Tank
Heading to Summerseat
And back to Greenmount
After absorbing all this information, we continued to walk into Summerseat and back to Greenmount having covered six storm free miles.
Friday 30th August 2024
Come Walking Series of Walks – Greenmount to Affetside
The penultimate walk of this series began on a bright and sunny evening from behind Greenmount Church. Twenty-four walkers headed down Hayfield Close to Greenmount Golf Club and once on Whipney Lane we turned right through a metal gate and joined the footpath on the left leading to open fields. After crossing the fields into the hamlet of Croichley Fold we turned left and descended the steep slop into Two Brooks Valley, where we turned right and followed the stream to the ladder stile. Once over the stile we turned left and started the climb to Turton Road, which we crossed, and continued to climb along a narrow footpath to the village of Affetside.
Greenmount Golf Club
Two Brooks Valley
The climb to Affetside
Once in the village we turned right and walked to the centre of the village, to where the ancient cross is situated, alongside Watling Street, which was part of a Roman Road leading from Manchester to Ribchester. The cross is a Grade II listed structures, the exact age of it is not known, but it is thought it marked the halfway point between London and Edinburgh.
The Cross
After spending time admiring the village, we headed down Watling Street as far as Mum’s Harris Farm, where we turned left and followed the route of the West Pennine Way to Windmill Farm.
Mumm's Harris Farm
Windmill Farm
Sunset
Once through the farm we turned left and headed along a footpath that ran parallel with Turton Road, at the end of the path we turned right and crossed the road. We then joined a path on the opposite side of the road that took us back down into Two Brooks Valley. The footpath was blocked by fallen trees when we recced the walk but has kindly been cleared by the local footpath officer.
Footpath to Two Brooks
Cleared footpath
Once in the valley we headed up to Holly Mount and back into Greenmount having covered a distance of 4.5 muddy miles
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