a long and bravely fought illness. The Mary Towneley Loop is dedicated to her memory. her to dedicated is Loop Towneley Mary The illness. fought bravely and long a campaigned for the Pennine Bridleway National Trail for many years. Sadly she died on 13 February 2001 after after 2001 February 13 on died she Sadly years. many for Trail National Bridleway Pennine the for campaigned www.naturalengland.org.uk Lady Mary Towneley long dreamed of the idea for a long distance route over the Pennines for horse riders and and riders horse for Pennines the over route distance long a for idea the of dreamed long Towneley Mary Lady 2011 Catalogue Code: NE158 NE158 Code: Catalogue Holme Chapel. Holme [email protected] [email protected] Lady Mary Towneley riding on the hills above above hills the on riding Towneley Mary Lady ISBN 978-1-84754-126-7 978-1-84754-126-7 ISBN 0845 600 3078 or email: email: or 3078 600 0845 links, and our local authority partners. authority local our and links, © Natural England 2010 2010 England Natural © our enquiries line for more information: more for line enquiries our who have dedicated new bridleway bridleway new dedicated have who publication be required, please contact please required, be publication prosperity that it brings. brings. it that prosperity Should an alternative format of this of format alternative an Should Natural England, by the local landowners landowners local the by England, Natural enjoyment of people and the economic economic the and people of enjoyment its intrinsic value, the wellbeing and and wellbeing the value, intrinsic its www.naturalengland.org.uk/publications www.naturalengland.org.uk/publications financial support of Sport England and and England Sport of support financial enhance the natural environment, for for environment, natural the enhance available as accessible pdfs from: from: pdfs accessible as available This Trail has been made possible by the the by possible made been has Trail This Natural England is here to conserve and conserve to here is England Natural Natural England publications are are publications England Natural Bridleway Natural Beauty Natural Tel: 01786 841202. 01786 Tel: Outstanding Pennine Pennine Area of of Area Contact www.harveymaps.co.uk www.harveymaps.co.uk Contact National Park National Sheffield ISBN 185137406X. Price £9.95. £9.95. Price 185137406X. ISBN Coast Path Coast South West West South www.nationaltrail.co.uk/penninebridleway Website: Website: Derbyshire to the South Pennines. Pennines. South the to Derbyshire 0 50km MANCHESTER DISTRICT 1:40,000 Map of the Pennine Bridleway − − Bridleway Pennine the of Map 1:40,000 PEAK PEAK Loop Email: [email protected] Email: Downs Way Downs © Barry Greenwood/Natural England © Barry Greenwood/Natural Towneley South South Order line 01903 828503. 01903 line Order Leeds Mary Mary Tel: 0300 060 1841 or 0300 060 1840 060 0300 or 1841 060 0300 Tel: Downs Way Downs ISBN 185410957X. Price £12.99. £12.99. Price 185410957X. ISBN Bowland North North Way Forest of Forest Pennines. Aurum Press. Press. Aurum Pennines. Whitworth Street, Manchester, M1 6LT. M1 Manchester, Street, Whitworth Pennine Pennine Handbook – Derbyshire to the South South the to Derbyshire – Handbook Thames Path Thames 3rd Floor, Bridgewater House, House, Bridgewater Floor, 3rd Nidderdale Pennine Bridleway National Trail Trail National Bridleway Pennine Natural England England Natural Ridgeway Way DALES Coast Path Coast Cotswold Cotswold Contact the Pennine Bridleway Team: Bridleway Pennine the Contact charge from PBW team (see back page). page). back (see team PBW from charge YORKSHIRE Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire Coast Path Coast Path The Settle Loop Map and Guide. Free of of Free Guide. and Map Loop Settle The & Norfolk Norfolk & Dyke Dyke Bridleway Peddars Way Way Peddars Glyndwr's Way Glyndwr's of 200 miles. 200 of Offa's Offa's Pennine Pennine ^ charge from PBW team (see back page). page). back (see team PBW from charge for further details on car parks. car on details further for Loop and Cumbria is due to open in 2012, making a total distance distance total a making 2012, in open to due is Cumbria and Loop Pennines Pennine Bridleway Holiday Guide. Free of of Free Guide. Holiday Bridleway Pennine horses. Please see map and/or website website and/or map see Please horses. North the Settle Loop in 2005. The section between the Mary Towneley Towneley Mary the between section The 2005. in Loop Settle the Bridleway car parks for loading and unloading unloading and loading for parks car Maps and Guides: Guides: and Maps Pennine Pennine opened in 2002, Derbyshire to the South Pennines in 2004 and and 2004 in Pennines South the to Derbyshire 2002, in opened route. Horse riders can use some of the the of some use can riders Horse route. Wall Path Wall Wolds Way Wolds or by phone (see back page). page). back (see phone by or upon Tyne upon is being opened in stages; the Mary Towneley Loop Loop Towneley Mary the stages; in opened being is Hadrian's Hadrian's links and several car parks along the the along parks car several and links Yorkshire Yorkshire Newcastle add details of your event via the website website the via event your of details add mountain bikers and walkers. The route route The walkers. and bikers mountain there are good public transport transport public good are there Access: Bridleway Way are listed on the website; you can can you website; the on listed are Events: purpose built for horse riders, riders, horse for built purpose Pennine Pennine Pennine Pennine Way Way Pennine valleys. Pennine is a new National Trail, Trail, National new a is Pennine Pennine 868409 or the PBW team (see back page). back (see team PBW the or 868409 Cleveland Cleveland up and down the steep-sided South South steep-sided the down and up the Pennine Bridleway Ranger on 01282 01282 on Ranger Bridleway Pennine the The Pennine Bridleway Bridleway Pennine The Wall Path Wall NORTHUMBERLAND physically challenging because it climbs climbs it because challenging physically Mary Towneley Loop Towneley Mary problems you encounter on the Trail to to Trail the on encounter you problems Hadrian's Hadrian's yet open yet the Loop anti-clockwise. The route is is route The anti-clockwise. Loop the www.nationaltrail.co.uk please report any any report please maintenance: Trail Map and services guide to the the to guide services and Map approved but not not but approved particular may find it best to travel travel to best it find may particular Pennine Bridleway Bridleway Pennine in places. in transport needs. Mountain-bikers in in Mountain-bikers needs. transport countryside. National Trail National Pennine Bridleway Pennine signposting. The route is hilly and steep steep and hilly is route The signposting. your starting point according to your your to according point starting your some of Britain’s best best Britain’s of some crossings at main roads and clear clear and roads main at crossings a circular route – choose choose – route circular a point: Start they pass through through pass they quiet roads. User-friendly gates, Pegasus Pegasus gates, User-friendly roads. quiet Pennine Bridleway Bridleway Pennine England and Wales and England to four days on horse or foot. foot. or horse on days four to great places to visit as as visit to places great causeways, aggregate paths and some some and paths aggregate causeways, two days by bike, three three bike, by days two required: Time National Trails are are Trails National grass tracks, stone setts, stone stone setts, stone tracks, grass National Trails in in Trails National 75 km (47 miles). miles). (47 km 75 Distance: a variety of surfaces including including surfaces of variety a Terrain: outdoors then then outdoors www.nationaltrail.co.uk If you love the the love you If Fact File Fact Fernhill B&B – BB ★★★★ 0.5 km Horncliffe Mount Farm – BB ★★★★ 2.5 km The Loop Livery Yard – HO on MTL Myrtle Grove – BB 1 km Cross Farm – BB 0.5 km Birks Clough – BB ★★★ 0.5 km Fernhill Lane, Lane Head, Balladen, Rawtenstall BB4 6HU Pearsons House Farm, Cliviger, Old Lees Road, Hebden Bridge HX7 8HL Mankinholes, Walsden, Todmorden OL14 6QX The Mary Towneley Loop Rochdale OL12 6BW Proprietor: Rita Albanese Lancashire BB10 4RR Proprietor: Ms Maureen Audsley Todmorden OL14 6HP Tel: 01706 814438, Grid Ref: SD937218 Proprietor: Mr David Brierley Tel: 01706 220227, Grid Ref: SD808213 Proprietor: Julie Hanley Tel: 01422 846078, Grid Ref: SD994278 Proprietor: Lesley Parkinson #4 B G I O ' % Welcome to the Mary Towneley Loop – an ideal short break destination for horse Tel: 01706 355671, Grid Ref: SD872153 Tel: 07712 864346 , Grid Ref: SD885291 #1 & $1 B G V O ' % ฀฀฀ Tel: 01706 813481, Grid Ref: SD962240 #2 $1 J4 L4 ? B G V I O ' ! Towneley Trail Bed & Box – BB on MTL ? Accommodation nearby # & " ? B G ' % riders, mountain bikers and walkers. Take a journey through the South Pennines #3 $1 "2 B O ' F ฀฀฀ Pack Horse Inn – BB 0.5 km ! 2 3 2 L6 Hollingworth Lane, Todmorden OL14 6QY 4 ? G I ฀฀฀ – you will encounter open moorland and hidden reservoirs, ancient packhorse The Red Lion Inn – BB on MTL Dam Top Riding Centre – SC 2 km J L Widdop Road, Hebden Bridge HX7 7AT Proprietor: Mrs Susan Wright tracks sweeping into valleys with gritstone walls, mill chimneys and canals offering Whitworth, Rochdale OL12 8PY Dam Top Farm, Rawtenstall, Badger Fields Farm – BB 0.4 km Proprietor: Mr Andrew Hollinrake Mankinholes Youth Hostel – YH SC ★★★★ Tel: 01706 817432, Grid Ref: SD939217 a glimpse of past histories. Proprietor: Steven & Danni Butterworth Rossendale BB4 7P2 Badger Lane, Blackshaw Head HX7 7JX Tel: 01422 842803, Grid Ref: SD952316 Mankinholes, on MTL Package holiday Proprietor: Mrs Miriam Whitaker Todmorden OL14 6HR Tel: 01706 861441, Grid Ref: SD886176 Proprietor: Judith & Garth Weymont #2 "1 J3 L5 ? B G V I % F ! #3 "2 J3 L6 ? B G V ' The best time to complete the Trail is April to October when the weather is more Tel: 01422 845161, Grid Ref: SD968277 ฀฀฀ Bookings: [email protected] H ! #1 $3 "1 G V I ' OW Tel: 01706 221024, Grid Ref: SD817233 % F OW ฀฀฀ ฀฀ Package holiday favourable.