13/08/2026 Thursday Car - Haslingden Grane and Rossendale Way

August

Start: 10:30am 

B Walk - Haslingden Grane and Rossendale Way with Susan Douglas
7.5 miles / 12 km with 991 ft / 302 m Total Ascent

Meet at Clough Head Quarry Free Car Park (BB4 4AT) off Grane Road Haslingden ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.

We climb up Nab Hill then drop down into the valley between Calf Hey and Ogden Reservoirs. We go up Musbury Heights on the other side and along the Rossendale Way then back down along the end of Holden Wood reservoir. For our return we go back up the other side of the valley to skirt Haslingden Moor, again on the Rossendale Way, then drop back to the car park. The walk passes the spoil heaps of the old Musbury Heights Quarry. The chimney (restored in 2004) is part of the scrubbing mill where flagstones were dragged round to smooth their surface. The finished stone was brought down the hillside in tubs supported by a steel rope, on a long, straight incline. There are fabulous views of the valleys and surrounding moors.

02/08/2026 Sunday Car - Beacon Fell

August

Start 10:30am

C Walk - Beacon Fell with Stuart Arnold

6 miles (9.5 km) with 700 ft (210m) Total Ascent

Meet at Beacon Fell main car park ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.

We will park on the main car park at the top of Beacon Fell. From here we will walk to the top of the Fell to enjoy the views of the magnificent countryside. From the top we will drop down to Rigg Lane and then descend through fields to Wood Acre and Watery Gate before crossing more fields to Lower Core. We then go up a track towards Blindhurst. On the way up the track the farmer has set up an ice cream parlor which we can all enjoy. From Blindhurst we drop down towards Bleasdale village hall and then down to Higher Brock Mill. From here we walk up to Wickens Barn and up a track to Sagars Farm and Heatherway before our ascent back onto the Fell.

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