GREENMOUNT VILLAGE COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP
SUMMER GUIDED WALKS JUNE to AUGUST 2023
All are welcome, no membership required, come regularly or just occasionally. You are advised to wear appropriate clothing and hiking boots. We will walk even if it is raining! On longer walks bring a packed lunch. There are plenty of stiles and several steep inclines. Sorry no dogs. (NB. Mileage and finishing times are approximate.)
See our website www.westpennineway.org for detailed information on West Pennine Way, Link to Pennine Way, Pilgrims’ Way and Friday Evening Summer Walks which started on 12th May.
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 3.pm
Route: Haslingden, Halo, Cribden, Rising Bridge, back on
Pilgrims’ Way to Haslingden
Distance: 11 miles