About the Author
Terry Marsh is an award-winning writer and photographer specialising in the outdoors and travel, and has authored or co-authored more than 60 travel or walking guidebooks. He lives in Chorley, Lancashire, on the western edge of the West Pennine Moors, which he has explored and written about extensively. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and from 1993 until 2009 was Secretary of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild. He holds a Master of Arts degree with Distinction in Lake District Studies.
Other Cicerone guides by the author
A Northern Coast to Coast Walk
Geocaching in the UK
Great Mountain Days in Snowdonia
Great Mountain Days in the Pennines
The Dales Way
The Isle of Man
The Isle of Mull
The Isle of Skye
The West Highland Way
Walking in the Forest of Bowland and Pendle
WALKING ON THE WEST PENNINE MOORS
by
Terry Marsh
2 POLICE SQUARE, MILNTHORPE, CUMBRIA LA7 7PY
© Terry Marsh 2009
First edition 2009, reprinted (with updates) 2013
ISBN: 978 1 85284 580 3
Printed by Drukarnia Legra, Krakόw
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.
This book is dedicated to the memory of my dad,
John Marsh (1921–2009),
who died peacefully during the course of the book’s preparation.
Advice to Readers
While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime of an edition. If we know of any, there will be an Updates tab on this book’s page on the Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk), so please check before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of way can be altered over time. We are always grateful for information about any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, 2 Police Square, Milnthorpe LA7 7PY, United Kingdom.
Front cover: Dovecote, Rivington (Walks 2 and 3)
CONTENTS
Walk 1 Around Anglezarke Reservoir
Walk 2 Rivington Moor and Winter Hill
Walk 3 Wilderswood and the edge of Rivington Moor
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
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
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
