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Jam Lower Hill the Loop Paths Boarsgreave Things to Do Places to Eat routes Bacup Market Mario’s Pizzeria Restaurant 440 Loop 1: Edgeside Park & Fearns Hall Circuit Loop 4: East & West Hile Loop 7: Deangreave & Lee Tramway Bacup, OL13 0AA 74 Market St, Bacup, OL13 0AT Open Wednesdays and Saturdays 9am - 4pm A valleyCowpe side walk mainly on the roads and through A hillside walk northwards from , mainly The walk from New Line Reservoir ascends to the 01706 879407 Edgeside Park, with panoramic views of the valley on farm lanes and tracks, with excellent views from this trackbed of a former moorland tramway along the Bacup Natural History Society Poppies Deli Café around Waterfoot. One steep descent to the A681 central vantage point. edge of Height Barn Moss, with great views over around Higher 24 Yorkshire Street, Bacup, , OL13 8AE 95 Newchurch Rd, Stacksteads, OL13 0DM Newchurch Road. Bacup, and Britannia. Starting Point: Stacksteads Car Park. Distance – 2.5 01706 872653 The “Nat” as it is more fondly known locally is situated Starting Point: Waterfoot Car Park. DistanceBoarsgreave – 1.5 miles / 4km. Direction – Anticlockwise Start Point: New Line Reservoir Car Park. Rose N Bowl on Yorkshire Street, Bacup. It is open every Thursday miles / 2.4km. Direction – Clockwise Distance – 3 miles / 5km. Direction – Anti Clockwise 264 Newchurch Rd, Stacksteads, OL13 0UG Turn left out of the car park and immediate left again night from 7.30 pm, other times by arrangement. 01706 879555 rossendale From the main car park in Waterfoot turn left along up a small snicket opposite J B Carpets.After 70 metres From the car park turn left and follow the Loop Visitors are welcome to come and view a comprehensive the main A681 Newchurch Road towards Bacup. At cross Booth Rd and go straight on with Holy Trinity 7 waymarkers. collection of old local newspapers, vast collection of Maddy’s Café Bistro the junction of Townsend St / St John’s St, turn left and Primary School on your right. Continue straight ahead, local photographs and local history artefacts. 462 Newchurch Rd, Stacksteads follow Loop 1 waymarkers. On your return to the main the path becomes grassy and sometimes wet. Continue OL13 0NB A681 turn right and follow the road toCowpe return to the to follow the Loop 4 waymarkers. On your return to Bacup Royal Court Theatre 07855 569788 main car park in Waterfoot. Reservoir Booth Rd, retrace your steps back to the car park. Bacup, OL13 9NR Bally’s Bites 01132 595524 232a Newchurch Rd, Stacksteads Loop 5: Adrenaline Link & Rooley Moor Road The Royal Court Theatre is a huge 484 seat Victorian OL13 0UE theatre, and acting on this stage is as close to profes- 01706 874491 An upland walk mainly on strong surface, past the sional as it gets! Featuring 8 Adrenaline centre at and using the Fearns Equestrian Centre Places to stay Adrenaline Link to gain the commanding heights. Fearns Moss, Stacksteads, Bacup, OL13 OTG fantastic WALKS Start Point: Stacksteads Car Park. Distance - 5 miles www.fearnsequestrian.moonfruit.com Tippett Farm – Self Catering / 8km. Direction - Clockwise 07577284628 , BB4 7AE 01706 224743 routes around rossendale From Stacksteads Car Park turn left, cross the main Fearns is a small friendly riding school that caters A681 and follow signs for the Stacksteads Recreation Loop 8: Britannia to Shawforth for all ages of children and adults from the age of 4 Glen Heights – B&B Ground (using the lane between Rose N Bowl and J B upwards. It has excellent facilities including a 60 metre 190 Booth Rd, Stacksteads, OL13 0TH A short walk in Shawforth mainly on hard surfacing, The Routes Around RossendaleCragg project aims to provide Carpets). Continue to follow the Loop 5 waymarkers. floodlit arena. Located close to the Mary Townley 01706 875459 following an old lane and returning along the course a series of way marked circular loop paths to explore As you return down Rakehead Lane take a right turn Loop providing beautiful hacking. Rossendale Holiday Cottages – SC the Rossendale ValleyQuarries from Waterfoot to Shawforth. of the old railway line. Loop 2: Cowpe & Boarsgreave onto the new multi user path and through the474 Stack- Dean Lane, Water, Rossendale, BB4 9RA The loop paths are designed for beginner to intermedi- steads Riverside Park before turning left back up the Start Point: Britannia Greenway Car Park. Distance Adrenaline Gateway Mountain Bike Trails 01706 300 147 ate walkers and range from urban roads to the country The Cowpe Valley is a Rossendale in miniature, and Lee Quarry and Cragg Quarry, Futures Park, Bacup snicket and returning to the car park. 1.5 miles / 2.5km. Direction – Anticlockwise Rossbrook House – B&B tracks of the Pennine Bridleway and Mary Towneley this walk follows the road along the valley with a short Lee Quarry boasts around 8km of tough technical New Line, Bacup, OL13 0BY Loop. All loop paths start and end at a main car park ascent above Boarsgreave to the lower section Top of LeachExit at the rear of the car park and follow the Loop 8 mountain bike trails comprising rock gardens, drop 01706 878187 and always bring you back to the main arterial road of RooleyCOWPE Moor Road. MOOR waymarkers. Returning by the NCN cycle route 92, 477 continue to follow the main road until you return back offs, tabletop jumps, challenging climbs and apparently, that cuts through theTottington heart of the valley. Starting Point: Waterfoot Car Park. Distance – 2.5 Pasture Bottom Farm – B&B to the car park. some of the biggest berms you will find in the UK. miles / 4km. Direction – Anti Clockwise Bacup, OL13 9UZ The projectHigher funded by Natural End ’s Moor Paths For 01706 873790 From the main car park in Waterfoot, turn left, cross Peers Clough Horse Riding / Trekking Communities scheme and by Lancashire Environmen- Dam Top Riding Centre – SC the main A681 and turn right into Cowpe Road pass- 01706 210552 tal Fund has also ensured a new 1km section of off road Dam Top Farm, , BB4 7P2 ing Waterfoot Health Centre. Follow Cowpe Road until multi user path running from Blackwood Rd to Rake- Peers Clough Packhorses are based at Peers Clough 01706 600463 head Rd has been implemented – providing yet anoth- you reach Kearns Mill. Then continue to follow the Farm in the in the South , Peers Clough Farm – B&B er piece of the ambitious Valley of Stone Greenway (off Loop 2 waymarkers. On your return476 to the main A681, a wild, wonderful and occasionally wuthering road multi user routes from Rochdale to Rawtenstall). turn left and either walk back to the starting point in landscape at the place where Yorkshire and Lancashire Peersclough Rd, Lumb, BB4 9NG This new route forms part of Loop 5. Waterfoot or jump on the A464 bus. collide. A land of steep-sided valleys, heather-covered 01706 210552 moorland, canals, reservoirs and packhorse trails. Ye Olde Boot & Shoe Millar Barn Lane, Waterfoot, BB4 7AU A Guide to using the Loop Paths Loop 6: Cutler & Height Barn Lane Rossendale Pennine Adventure Limited 07715 366196 Cowm Millar Barn Lane, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 7AU 678 Guest House – B&B Reservoir The Route Around Rossendale 8 Loop paths are clearly This valley side walk is on roads and farm tracks along 07715366196 678 Rd East, Whitewell Bottom, BB4 9NT waymarked using colour coded discs: a line of farms with views overlooking Stubbylee Park. Based from Ye Olde Boot and Shoe at Waterfoot in 01706 215884 • The loop paths are intended to be walked on foot Start Point: Stacksteads Car Park. Distance – 3 miles / the stunning valley of Rossendale, Pennine Adventure though some of the loop paths may follow bridle- View map online 5km. Direction – Anti Clockwise provides adventure and fun amongst some of the best ways and byways. Local Interest Groups: mountain bike and hill walking areas the Pennines has • Each loop is circular and varies in length, style and From Stacksteads Car Park turn left, cross the main An interactive version of this map is available at: to offer. Located directly on the increasingly popu- terrain. Some loops are flat and in the valley, other A681 and follow signs for the Stacksteads Recreation Stacksteads Friendly Riders (Horse Riding Club) lar Mary Townley Loop, a mile from Lee and Cragg loops take you onto the hills. Be aware of this when Ground (using the lane between Rose N Bowl and J www.visitrossendale.com/ [email protected] Quarries, on Sustrans regional route 91 and just off you plan your route. B Carpets). Continue to follow the Loop 6 waymark- routes-around-rossendale Stacksteads Countryside Park Group The Rossendale Way all rides and walks can be taken • Each loop has a stated, starting point and the routes ers. As you return back to the main road – New Line www.stacksteadscpg.co.uk directly from its door step. are designed to be walked in the direction specified. Loop 3: Around the Head of the Cowpe Valley (A6056), turn left, continue along the main road as FORBA - Forest of Rossendale Bridleways Association You are advised to follow the direction of the route. it joins the A681 Newchurch Rd and return to Stack- www.forba.org.uk project supporters The Horse and Bamboo Theatre • Each loop will always take you back to the main A splendid high level circuit around the head of the steads car park. Alternatively jump on the hourly 465 PMBA – Pennine Mountain Biking Association Bacup Road, Waterfoot A681 that runs through the Rossendale Valley. Cowpe Valley, mainly using tracks and old highways. service on New Line or the 464 service from www.pmba.org.uk www.horseandbamboo.org • Take warm and waterproof clothing and always al- The views are extensive especially to the North and Newchurch Road (every 10 mins). Rural Rossendale 01706 220241 low for the worst weather. overlooking Cowpe. www.rossendale.co.uk • Some of the loop paths are steep and tough in Starting Point: Waterfoot Car Park. Distance – 5 miles The theatre started life in Rossendale, in Lancashire, FOVOS - Friends of Valley of Stone places, so you need to be fit & prepared. / 8km. Direction - Anti Clockwise England, and in Rossendale it remains. The theatre www.valleyofstone.org.uk • In hot weather protect yourself from the sun and continues to work in many of the same ways it did in Valley at Work carry additional water. From the main car park in Waterfoot, turn left, cross 1978, with masks, puppets, music and story-telling. www.valleyatwork.co.uk the main A681 and turn right into Cowpe Road pass- • Be aware that some surfaces can become slippery in Its new base, the Boo, in Waterfoot, Rossendale, is wet weather. ing Waterfoot Health Centre. Continue to follow the ABOUT PROFFITTS Cowpe Road for approximately 500 metres, and then large enough to serve as a venue for theatre shows • Carry some form of identification in case of emergencies. and other arts events. • Please note that mobile phone coverage in not avail- take a right turn following the Pennine Bridleway signs Proffitts – Investing in Communities (CIC) is a able on all the loop paths. and the Loop 3 waymarkers. Continue to follow the venture with a fresh and lively approach to community • Follow the Countryside Code: Loop 3 waymarkers. On your return to the main A681 based regeneration, neighbourhood management and at Stacksteads, turn left and either follow the main road green space solutions. We are committed to connect- www.naturalengland.org.uk/countrysidecode ing local people with local investment and giving back into Waterfoot or jump on the 464 bus. them the opportunity to improve their communities. routes around rossendale Map

The 355 Hile BACUP

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Britannia Lee Quarries P Trough Gate

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Jam Lower Hill Boarsgreave

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Cowpe Loop 1 Reservoir Loop 2 Loop 3 Loop 4 Loop 5 Loop 6 Loop 7 Cragg Loop 8 Quarries 474 Top of Leach COWPE MOOR Tottington 477 Higher End Moor

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Cowm Loop 4 Reservoir Loop 8