Greenfield Station l l A669 l PBW Along the Route General l l GREENFIELD Technical Difficulty PBW Pennine Bridleway National Trail Tamel Valley Way Follow sign to STATION Easy: Generally a hard smoothish surface Gate l (grit path) A670 Friezland LANE Moderate: A more uneven surface l Wall 165 Technical: Rough, uneven going. Difficult! l 88 Footpath A6050 E Generalisations only. Allowance for weather also required. l Oak View Royal A635 P Car park Mills 200 'Off Road' Path Type l George Bridleways (a black edging to a technical grade) i Tourist / Visitor Information Centre MANCHESTER RD PBW Byways & other 'Off Roads' (no edgeing) l Public House Layby GREENLANDS Bridleways are for cyclists, walkers and horseriders and are generally LANE 230 Cafe l 300 300 well signposted. In particular the Pennine Bridleway is often PBW INTAKE Tame Valley Way ROACHES ROAD LANE signposted PBW. Mountain bikers must give way to people on foot Miles from the Start l 5 Farm or horseback. (grit path) HUDDERSFIELD 350 A Reference markers for text description (see over) l Uphill Indicator B6175 265 Farm Shown along the marked route. It’s subjective but at least an 'Off Road' not along the route A635l 1 77 indication of what is in store! Points Uphill Minor Road 2: often single track 99 l Noonsun PBW Leg Warmer Pulse Racer Lungbuster Minor Road 1 A670 l Gritty Hill 1 2 3 l Main Road: ‘A’ and ‘B’ Roads Gradients / Heights l 66 The representation on this map of roads, tracks and paths Spot heights (metres) marked along the route Farm 310 is no evidence of the existence of a right of way. l 275 Contours (25 metre intervals) MOSSLEY 255 © Crown copyright. All rights reserved Natural 1 240 l Surface Descriptions 160 England 100046223 2008 Farm As annotated on the map - generalisations only. Allowance for This map has been designed and produced by Active l Pub MICKLEHURST weather also required. Maps Ltd and includes original survey ©Active Maps Ltd STATION RD ROAD Buckton Mossley F Stony 'Off Road' Downhills For other mountain bike maps produced by Active Maps Station l 1 Moor please visit www.bikemaps.co.uk/peak_district.htm Covenience 260 Note : Long arrow in downhill direction l PBW Store STALEY This route guide includes subjective elements such as gradings, ROAD Stones and generalisations such as surface descriptions (both these may l Quarry change over time & will be affected by the weather). Maps and EGMONT 180 3 425 routes are for guidance only. It is up to you the cyclist to judge STREET 2 Farm 400 your own cycling competence, be aware of the conditions on the l 1 375 ground and be in control of your bicycle at all times. Whilst every G 350 effort has been made to ensure all the information presented is 325 PBW accurate we can not guarantee it is error free. In no event will any l Stamford D CASTLE LANE Cobbles party involved in the making of this route guide be liable for any 10 Arms special, direct, indirect or consequential damages out of the use l 10 200 Scout 195 or inability to use the route guide. Tunnel 225 250 300 275 Housing 325 l CARRBROOK Estate 210 500 l CANAL SOUTH VIEW H Cobbles 475 l Slabs & grit 450 5 3 l 5 Stony Slatepit 425 N l Farm 280 1111 Moor Swineshaw B6175 1 l Grit & small stones Moor 400 PBW l WE Harridge Higher Swineshaw 375 e 13 l 13 m Farm Gritty 350 a Pike Reservoir T l r 240 325 S e v MILLBROOK 300 300 i Tarmac l 1 14 A635 R 2 Gritty, often 1212 14 muddy sections C l Tarmac Tarmac l 3 PBW 310 PBW PBW 1 Lees Arnfield Moor l 1 WALL Stony 44 200 Brushes Lower Hill l Walkerwood Res Swineshaw 230 Grit & l BRUSHES grass Reservoir Time to wake 3 Reservoir 3 B6175 200 those muscles! 2 PBW 225 2 250 WALL 275 270 3 1 300 300 3 Wide track 1 Small stones 2 Tintwistle STALYBRIDGE 325 PBW 350 Hollingworthall 1515 Low 250 FERN BANK 375 Moor B A628 Farm Moor Please note that on the shared out and back section the 'Uphill' and ARNFIELD LANE Valehouse 'Downhill' indicators are shown on PBW A Reservoir 375 the left of the route for outbound 200 START A6018 and on the right for the return. TINTWISTLE 350 1 PBW Bulls Head Arnfield 180 WOODLANDS Reservoir War Mem. 325 150 300 130 Bottoms 275 200 therow 105 GODDARD Reservoir E 255 250 A628 r e LANE LONGDENDALE TRAIL iv R 225 WATERSIDE MATLEY RD IDGE New Lamp Y BR 200 LLE STATION SCALE OO W ROAD P O 1 mile 175 HOLLINGWORTH l 170 PADFIELD O 1 km A57 l 150 A57 HADFIELDl Hadfield Station MOTTRAM l From M67 A57 IN LONGDENDALE l l ROUTE LENGTH Pennine Bridleway Tintwistle: Moor Fun 16 miles A Mountain Bike Route from Tintwistle over the moors and onto Greenfield and Mossley before 'moor' fun brings you back to Tintwistle! Sections of the route are 26km on the Pennine Bridleway National Trail. This map is part of a series that can be downloaded free from www.nationaltrail.co.uk/penninebridleway Tintwistle: Moor Fun Refreshments Mountain Bike Route The Bulls Head pub in Tintwistle. Route length: 16 miles / 26km. Rough Time 3 to 51/2 hours. A selection of pubs, chippies and a cafe in Hadfield on Leave Tintwistle to quickly gain height over the moors to Higher Swineshaw Reservoir and then down to Station Road. Walkerwood Reservoir. A good quality track then takes you on small ups and downs to Carrbrook and then onto In Mossley the Station Cafe Greenfield. An easy section along the Tame Valley Way to Mossley will hopefully give your legs time to recover (opposite the Railway before it's time to rejoin the Pennine Bridleway at Carrbrook and a return back over the moors. There's a fitting Station) is a slight detour. finale of a couple of nerve jangling off-road downhills before an easy tarmac section brings you back to Tintwistle. There is also a handily placed convenience store on route. START: Tintwistle, The route description starts at the war memorial, close to the Bulls Head pub, The Royal George on the in the centre of Tintwistle. Parking: On street parking in Tintwistle then make your way to the start. approach to Mossley and The Stamford Arms on leaving For navigation please note from The Start up to 'Point E' and from 'Point H' to The Finish you are Mossley are close to the on the Pennine Bridleway National Trail which is generally well signposted as the name or 'PBW'. route. The points below are referenced on the map F At give way continue straight across, then first left A Turn up Arnfield Lane, opposite the War Memorial & keep going onto Staley Road (by the convenience store). Continue straight ahead. After a slight climb the lane dips to some buildings up to the give way. Straight across onto track and and then a tight bend over the river. Turn next right up the track, follow to junction with lane. signed for Pennine Bridleway Brushes Valley. G TL and follow round and through gate across lane. B Through gate & climb. Near top the path splits, bear left to keep wall Bear right at fork in road and continue to roundabout. on your left. The path levels and then drops down to a river after some 2nd exit onto South View. At next roundabout TR tight bends. Through gate, cross the river by the stone bridge. and you are now back on the section of Pennine Bridleway you originally came on. Now a steep climb, keep on the main track. The path levels. Through a gate and follow round to the left. Keep following this main track to H It should now be a simple matter of retracing the eventually come out at Higher Swineshaw Reservoir. Continue across first part of the route: the front of the reservoir. Follow cobbles round then TR at Pennine Bridleway C At the end bear left to follow the tarmac lane downhill. Drop down sign. Climb, keeping straight ahead. all the way to meet a gate. TR up the narrow lane (signed Carrbrook). Follow to join a narrow lane, straight ahead then just At the first bend continue straight ahead on the track and through before it descends bear left onto the path. Follow all the gate. Keep following this main track which eventually brings you the way to join tarmac lane & head straight down down to a new housing estate at Carrbrook. TL onto the cobbles and to road junction and TL. follow to roundabout. Straight across and continue to give way. Straight across. Climb now all the way to the Higher Swineshaw Reservoir. Across reservoir & through the gate at the D By the 30mph sign TR onto the Pennine Bridleway. Follow it up and end. Next left through the gate. then across lane. The track now widens for a brief steep climb. Keep Keep following this main track, through gates. Drop following this main track and you will eventually come out on tarmac down to the river. Through gate and climb up the farm drive, TL then immediate right, signed Pennine Bridleway Greenfield. bends. A bit of flat before a final descent to join the Keep heading straight on. The track will eventually turn into a tarmac narrow Arnfield Lane. lane. Follow to T-junction and TL. Follow down to main road.