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1 Turn right out of the car-park and follow the track 3 At a solitary farmhouse the track starts to zig-zag up away from Sunnyhurst. Take the right fork by the the hill before levelling out for a short way and even solitary house to descend and cross the dam. Once dropping a little. At a track junction, turn left for a the other side of the dam turn left onto loose stone final climb to a gate at the edge of the top plateau. steep track signed to Tockholes. Head straight on at track junction at the top to reach the road. Turn left 4 Pass through a pair of gates to take the middle (of then right after 25m onto a concessionary bridleway three tracks) now in front of you to cross the plateau – descending through the woods to merge with another following the footsteps of the 19th century coal miners! track. Continue in the same direction until reaching another track junction. Take the track climbing up to 5 Turn left and follow the track towards . the left, signed to the visitor centre. Follow up to the road with the centre in front. 6 The tower makes for an interesting stop - built in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee 2 Cross the road and ride up a track towards set of it also celebrated the opening of Darwen Moor to the terraced houses (Hollinshead Terrace). Turn right public after a long fight for access. From the top of the onto the bridleway and climb gently up on a stone- tower on clear days you can see as far as the Fylde based track. Immediately through the second gate coast, the Lake District and North Wales. Head north turn right through a further adjacent gate. Ride along from the tower following the Witton Way signs. this track running parallel to the wall with great The descent brings you out at the Sunnyhurst pub. views across to the Fylde peninsula, the coast and Longridge Fells.