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l Along the Route A681 PBW to 'Off Road' Technical Difficulty l Hebden O 1 mile PBW Easy: Generally a hard smoothish surface l Bridge Moderate: A more uneven surface SCALE Technical: Rough, uneven going. Difficult!

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O 1 km HOLLINS Generalisations only. Allowance for weather also required. ROAD A6033l WALSDEN LOOP 'Off Road' Path Type START Bridleways (a black edging to a technical grade) 8 Walsden Stationl

Chippie Byways & other 'Off Roads' (no edgeing)

325 375 l Hollins Inn KERSHAW RD 160 Bridleways are for cyclists, walkers and horseriders and are generally well Wide Track P 350 signposted. In particular the Pennine Bridleway is often signposted PBW. Mountain l

400 Store WINTERBUTLEE bikers must give way to people on foot or horseback. PEEL COTTAGE RD RD 325 310 1 180 7 300 Farm F 240 275 Uphill Indicator OUL CLOUGH RD E Cattle INCHFIELD 3 PO PBW Shown along the marked route. It’s subjective but at least an 1 Grid 3 Nicklety Farm path to ROAD Cross Walsden indication of what is in store! Grass & House l Freeholds Lower Ragby Chippie Keys D Leave the Points Uphill stones Dytches Bridge PBW here. Moor Top Gardenl Centre Bridleway Stonely 1 Leg Warmer 2 Pulse Racer 3 Lungbuster fork 2 Farm Barn Farm Hollingworth Gate F l 240 Gradients / Heights

Grass over cobbles 275 WALSDEN 360 l 310 Spot heights (metres) marked along the route Cobbles 3 PBW 275 Contours (25 metre intervals)

Stony l 205 Ramsden Clough 300 RAMSDEN 220

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Reservoir 325 WOOD RD Short Push! Sweet Briar Cottage path Broken 9 350 3 As annotated on the map - generalisations only. Allowance for

Wall 375 l Cobbles weather also required. Singletrack 400 Time to push BOTTOMLEY PBW 'Off Road' Downhills but it won't be Ramsden 180 BOTTOMLEY ROAD

3 for long. Note : Long arrow in downhill direction Fine slate Hill 275

covering 185 300 General Grass 1 6 Cobbles, stony, uneven PBW Pennine Bridleway National Trail 420 10

Rough PBW Gate Rutted grass 325 WARLAND

Hill 280 ROCHDALE & stones 350 Wall

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425 Keep heading for 375 Footpath Watergrove Electricity Pylon Reservoir Grass & cobbles Wicken P Car park Stony, rocky 300 400 often wet Lowe Shore Moor i Visitor Information Centre 350 1 Cattle Public House 325 Grid PBW Wide Track Cafe 400 300 300 375 Crook Narrow Mileages 350 1 5 & stony Chelburn Hill 375 3 325 A Reference markers for C 15 Moor text description (see over) Cobbles 210 Stony, 'Off Road' not along the route H rutted Stony, 400 300 PBW 185 375 11 350 2 rutted Re-join the 3 350 Main Road: ‘A’ and ‘B’ Roads PBW 3 PBW PBW here. Singletrack The Leach 325 G Summit Minor Road 1 PBW Wide Track, 300 cobbles 12 Hill 325 14 235 PBW SUMMIT 290 Minor Road 2: often single track PBW to 290 Besides the odd small up the Stony 300 Other road, drive, track Whitworth next 2.5 miles are in your 275 PBW 2 4 3 PBW favour. 2 250 215 l Grassy 245 PBW Chelburn Farm 2 235 250 (animal l Reservoir Wide Track, CALDERBROOK sanctuary) 260 Visitor Centre 13 gritty

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Watergrove gritty PBW 225 PBW l Reservoir 260 From

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l B6225 PBW N l 230 HOLLINGWORTH Whittaker

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l Hollingworth Lake WE l 18 Visitor Centre FULL ROUTE l SMITHY i l The Wine P A START Wide track S Smithy Bridge Station BRIDGE Press RAKEWOOD185 1

l Tarmac Stony 265 SMITHY BRIDGE ROAD PBW A58 l ROAD Cattle 195 Small Please note that on the shared out

PBW Grid 3 Ford l 1 From 205 and back section (Hollingworth Lake Grass

Rochdale l Hollingworth to Summit) the 'Uphill' and 'Downhill'

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l ROUTE CHOICE Pennine Bridleway l Littleboroughl - Lake to Lake 10 miles/16km

OR A choice of a 10 mile loop startingl at Walsden or extending to a 20 mile ride starting at Hollingworth Lake. Sections of the route are on the Pennine Bridleway

National Trail. l 20 miles/31km This map is part of a series that can be downloaded free from www.nationaltrail.co.uk/penninebridleway Refreshments Littleborough - Lake to Lake Mountain Bike Route There is a small cafe in Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre serving hot & cold snacks & just Full Route: 20 miles / 31km. Rough Time: 4-7 hours along the road is The Wine Press Loop Only: 10 miles / 16km. Rough Time: 2-4 hours pub. Littleborough centre has pubs, cafe & stores. A classic mountain biking route. Tough & scenic, on tracks & paths that will take you from low lying farms to high Walsden has two chippies, pubs up in the moors. You have the choice of starting at Hollingworth Lake for the Full Route. This has the same out & and a village store. There is also a back section which is linked to a 10 mile loop, or start & finish at Walsden for the 10 mile loop only. For those cafe in the Mill Shop opposite the arriving by train there is the choice of alighting at Walsden to do The Loop or at Littleborough to do the Full Route. garden centre (instead of following General Location: Hollingworth Lake is a few miles north west of Rochdale. Access from the M62 motorway is via route up Inchfield Road TL onto junction 21 & then picking up signs for Hollingworth Lake. Walsden is on the A6033 road to Todmorden. main road for a third of a mile). Along the full route you will pass Full Route: Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre - on Rakewood Road. The Summit Inn at 5 & 14 miles. START Loop Only: Walsden, car park near the station (opposite general store) - see map For navigation please note that for all points, except for the section between D & G, you are on the Pennine Bridleway National Trail which is well signposted F Just after next gate TL onto narrow path (broken wall on your left). as the name or 'PBW'. Follow to gate then down & over stream. A bit of pushing is now The points below are referenced on the map required before the path eases & levels. Full Route Descend. Cross stream (sometimes dry) & BR at path split (blue bridleway arrow). Follow down to reach a wider track. Keep heading TL out of Visitor Centre driveway. After 100m TL up track signed PBW. for the reservoir. A Climb. Cross cattle grid. After small descent BR at track split - building on your right. Up stony path. BL at path fork. After a small ford the G Before reaching Watergrove Reservoir you will rejoin the Pennine path splits, BL. Meet wide track & TL following line of the pylons. Bridleway. TL signed Watergrove. TL at second gate (just before the reservoir) then next left signposted Shaw. Climb past two gates TR at lane, signed Summit. Follow to road junction & TR. After 100 then stay on this main track, following signposts for Calderbrook metres TL onto path. & then Summit. B Keep on the main track as it climbs to a pylon. Follow to road then SA. Eventually reach road & TL to Summit. Follow the PBW signs to the Continue to junction with wide track and TR. At track fork BL. Cross end of the road & continue on the track. Come out on tarmac & bridge & then through gate & to farm. The path skirts the farm on the TR, down to junction & TL. Continue for 50 metres. right through a series of gates. Then climb steeply to reach a grassy TR signposted to Summit & descend past house & down to main top & follow the path down. Cross a river & bear sharp left then quickly H road by the Summit pub. sharp right. Drop to join track & TR. Through gate & follow straight down, over canal to main road. TR then quickly TL (just before 40mph Now it's a matter of retracing your steps following the PBW back sign) up narrow path. Climb, pass house, then up to road junction. TR to Hollingworth Lake (this is well signposted). then immediate TL onto track signed Mary Townley Route East. Turn onto lane just before the Summit pub. Cross canal, up track C Climb. Just before a cattle grid BR onto track. Follow up, along, then & through gate. Pass small reservoir on right, then TL up path. down towards a pylon. Through gate & down to another gate. Keep At stream TL then follow path over the stream. Climb up & over following the main path to arrive at signpost for Bottomley. Follow this the top then through the gates to reach farm track. Continue SA to start steep technical descent. Follow the markers as it zig zags down. on the track. Through a gate then after about 400 metres TL onto After second gate TR to follow path to main road. path signposted for Hollingworth Lake. At road go SA & follow (To avoid a couple of tough climbs it is now possible to TL onto main track to next road. TR then after last building TL onto the lane road, continue to Walsden and TL onto Inchfield Road opposite the following line of Pylons. After 400 metres TL at signpost on to track Post Office, then see point E) otherwise: (still following pylons). Climb, then when it levels look for a narrow path on the right, signposted. Follow this & descend to path junction Cross main road & TL, follow pavement for 200 metres & TR (PBW sign) & BR. Descend to road & continue SA to eventually join road by onto Bottomley Road. Follow around bend, over canal then straight on lake. TR back to Visitor Centre. & up steep cobbled path. Continue to cottage, TL then quickly left again onto path (PBW sign). Cross stream and soon pass house on left. The Loop Only Now a steep climb follows. Then through gate & SA on tarmac lane. Start: Car Park in Walsden - near Station (see map). D Stay on the lane & drop steeply (no longer on the PBW) to reach junction TL from the car park. 100 metres & TR up Winterbutlee Road. At with main road at Walsden. SA onto Inchfield Road. top turn left onto track (Peel Cottage Road). Follow to bend with E Climb, keep straight on & the lane eventually turns to a track. Over cobbles & bear right. Join road & TR. You're now on Inchfield Road. cattle grid. Keep on this wide track to pass farm on your left. Continue Follow directions E , F & to end of G . to climb, SA at driveway for Lower Dytches Farm. Immediately before next farm BR through gate on grassy track. Climb to signpost at path Then TL (this is opposite the right turn to Summit) split & BL. Now follow directions C . When back at Walsden TR onto main road & to car park. Abbreviations: TR-Turn Right, TL-Turn Left, BR-Bear Right, BL-Bear Left, SA - Straight Ahead 500 The col between Rough Hill Route Profile & Ramsden Hill 400 420m Leach Leach Hill F Hill 300 290m 290m

METRES G H C D 245m 200 A B E Watergrove Summit Hollingworth Reservoir Summit Hollingworth Inn Bottomley 180m Inn Lake ©Active Maps Limited Walsden Lake 2 46814161810 MILES 12 Travelling to the Area by Train (Alight at Walsden to do 'The Loop' only or at Littleborough to do the 'Full Route'). Littleborough Station A possible Saturday Itinerary * To pick up the route from Littleborough Station From Manchester Victoria: Dep 9.22 • Arr Littleborough 9.43 Take the back exit out of the station (you will see steel safety railings just Dep Littleborough 17.45 • Arr Manchester 18.07 before the road). TR onto the road and climb to Hollingworth Lake. TL onto From Bradford: Depart 10.00 • Arrive Littleborough 10.45 Rakewood Road & the Visitor Centre is a short way along on the left. Dep Littleborough 17.45 • Arr Bradford 18.31 Walsden Station To pick up the route from Walsden Station From Manchester. With the bridge on your left continue around corner A possible Saturday Itinerary* then left up steep hill. At top TR onto track, Peel Cottage Road. Follow to bend with cobbles & bear right. Join road & TR. You're now on Inchfield From Manchester Victoria: Dep 9.22 • Arr Walsden 9.49 Road. Dep Walsden 14.39 • Arrive Manchester 15.08 From Bradford: Exit onto main road side & TR. TR up Winterbutlee Road. From Bradford: Dep 10.00• Arr Walsden 10.39 At top turn left onto track (Peel Cottage Road). Follow to bend with cobbles Dep Walsden 15.48 • Arr Bradford 16.31 & bear right. Join road & TR. You're now on Inchfield Road.

*please note this is for guidance only. Time taken on route will vary with individuals & train times may change. Please check with National Rail Enquiries for full service details (Tel: 08457 48 49 50 or www.nationalrail.co.uk). There is space for two bikes on the train & more at the conductor's discretion, on a first come first served basis (no booking required).