Summer walks 2023

JUNE GUIDED WALKS…

MONDAY 5th JUNE

Kirklees Valley, Woolfold, Owler Barrow circular

Meeting Place: Greenmount Old School BL8 4DS

Time Out: 8.40am

Time Back: 12.30pm

Route: Greenmount, Kirklees Valley, Wild Bird Hospital, Woolfold

Owler Barrow, Kirklees Trail, Greenmount

Distance: 6 miles

 

MONDAY 12th JUNE

Thirteen Stone Hill & the remarkable Troy Quarry

Meeting Place: Clough Head Café car park BB4 4AT

Time Out: 8.50am

Time Back: 3pm

Route: North over moors to Thirteen Stone Hill,

Through farms and alongside Quarries back to start

Distance 11 miles

 

WEDNESDAY 21st JUNE

Sections of the Kingfisher & Tonge Trail including Hall i’th’ Wood

Meeting Place: Jumbles Café Car Park BL2 4JS

Time Out: 8.50am

Time Back 3pm

Route: Jumbles, Birtenshaw Hall, Hall i’th’ Wood,

Bradshaw Brook, Jumbles

Distance: 11 miles

 

JULY Guided Walks…

MONDAY 3rd JULY

Iconic Moorland memorials

Meeting Place: Greenmount Old School BL8 4DS

Time Out: 8.40am

Time Back: 12.30pm

Route: Redisher Wood, the Ridge, Pilgrims Cross,

Peel Tower, Greenmount

Distance: 6 miles

 

MONDAY 10th JULY

Northern Moors, including National Trust’s new

flagged path across Wet Moss on Holcombe Moor

Meeting Place: Lumb Carr Road Car Park BL8 4NN

Time Out: 8.45am

Time Back: 3pm

Route: Holcombe Moor, Bull Hill Trig Point, Wet Moss,

Moorbottom Road

Distance 12 miles

 

WEDNESDAY 19th JULY

The Atom Panopticon, Wycoller, from Briercliffe CP 

Meeting Place: Broad Bank House car park BB10 3RB

Time Out: 9am

Time Back 3pm

Route: Bronte Way, Wycoller,

back via open countryside, Bronte Way

Distance: 12 miles

 

AUGUST Guided Walks

 

MONDAY 7th AUGUST

Eastern Hills circular Walk

Meeting Place: Greenmount Old School BL8 4DS

Time Out: 8.40.am

Time Back: 12.30pm

Route: Greenmount, Summerseat, Springside Road, Walmersley

Golf Course, Cobhouse & Grindles Farms, Baldingstone, Greenmount

Distance: 6 miles

 

MONDAY 14th AUGUST

A Walk with Spectacular Views

along Musbury Heights to Hog Lowe Pike,

Meeting Place: Helmshore Museum Car Park BB4 4PN

Time Out: 8.50am

Time Back: 3pm

Route: Chimney on Musbury Heights, Hog Lowe Pike,

Broadhead valley, Musbury Tor, back to Helmshore

Distance 12 miles

 

WEDNESDAY 23rd AUGUST

The Halo Panopticon and Cribden Circular

Meeting Place: Hud Rake, Haslingden BB4 5AL

Time Out: 9am. Time Back 3pm.

Route: Haslingden, Halo, Cribden, Rising Bridge, back on Pilgrims’ Way to Haslingden

Distance: 11 miles

 

SEPTEMBER Guided Walks…

 

MONDAY 4 th SEPTEMBER

Kirklees Brook Mill Trail (1 st of 2 walks)

Meeting Place: Greenmount Old School BL8 4DS

Time Out: 8.40.am. Time Back: 12.30pm.

Route: Greenmount to Elton through Kirklees Valley

Distance: 6 miles

 

MONDAY 11 th SEPTEMBER

West Pennine Way to Turton Tower

Meeting Place: behind Greenmount Church BL8 4HF

Time Out: 8.40am. Time Back: 3pm.

Route: Affetside, Jumbles, Turton Tower, back via Edgworth and Hawkshaw

Distance 12 miles

 

WEDNESDAY 20 th SEPTEMBER

First of 4 walks on the Pilgrims’ Way

Meeting Place: Whalley Church

Time Out: 9.15am.

Time Back 3. 30pm at Haslingden BB4 5AL

Route: Whalley, Great Harwood, Accrington, Baxenden, Haslingden

Distance: 12 miles