GREENMOUNT VILLAGE COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP
GUIDED WALKS MARCH TO MAY 2024
All are welcome, no membership required, come regularly or just occasionally on these free guided walks. You are advised to wear appropriate clothing and hiking boots. We will walk even if it is raining but not in extreme conditions! These are moderate walks through countryside and moorland with plenty of stiles and several steep inclines. Sorry no dogs. (NB. Mileage and finishing times are approximate.)
For more information visit website www.westpennineway.org
MONDAY 4th MARCH
Grant’s Tower ‘ New build from the ruins’’
Meeting Place: Greenmount Old School BL8 4DS
Time Out: 8.40am. Time Back: 12.30pm.
Route: Greenmount to Grants Tower circular trail
Distance: 6 miles
MONDAY 11th MARCH
Fourth section of the West Pennine Way
Meeting Place: Lower House Car Park Rivington JFH2+J8
Time Out: 8.40am. Time Back: 3.30pm.
Route: Rivington to White Coppice circular
Distance 11 miles
WEDNESDAY 20th MARCH
Hills and Valleys of the East
Meeting Place: Owd Betts Reservoir lay-by OL1 27TY
Time Out: 8.45am.
Time Finish: 3.00pm
Route: Circular trail to Knowl Hill, Naden reservoirs,
back via Red Lumb
Distance: 11 miles
MONDAY 8th April
Greenmount to Peel Tower Circular Trail
Meeting Place: Greenmount Old School BL8 4DS
Time Out: 8.40am. Time Back: 12.30pm.
Route: Greenmount, Holcombe, Peel Tower
Distance: 6 miles
MONDAY 15th April
Fifth section of the West Pennine Way
Meeting Place: Roddlesworth Information Centre BB3 0PA
Time Out: 8.45am. Time Back: 3.30pm.
Route: Roddlesworth, Abbey Village, Great Hill,
Distance 12 miles
WEDNESDAY 24th April
Trails, canal and reservoirs
Meeting Place: Greenmount Old School BL8 4DS
Time Out: 8.40am.
Time Finish: 3.30pm
Route: Kirklees Trail, Elton reservoir, canal to Radcliffe
back via Cocky Moor and Lowercroft reservoirs
Distance: 12 miles
MONDAY 13th May
Redisher Wood and Roger Worthington’s Grave
Meeting Place: Greenmount Old School BL8 4DS
Time Out: 8.40am. Time Back: 12.30pm.
Route: Greenmount, Redisher, Roger Worthington’s Grave
back via Hawkshaw
Distance: 6 miles
MONDAY 20th May
Kingfisher Trail
Meeting Place: Jumbles Car Park BL2 4JS
Time Out: 8.45am. Time Back: 3.30pm.
Route: Following Kingfisher trail to Firwood Fold
Back via Eagley Brook
Distance 11 miles
WEDNESDAY 29th May
S section of the West Pennine Way
Meeting Place: Roddlesworth Information Centre BB3 0PA
Time Out: 8.45am. Time Back: 3.30pm.
Route: Roddlesworth, Darwen Tower, Darwen, Air crash site,
Cartridge Hill, Roddlesworth
Distance 12 miles