Walk Route Map gm115 Blackstone Edge from Littleborough

Walk gm115 Blackstone Edge from Littleborough

Fine views followed by a canal side stroll

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10mls (16km)
Ascent:	1,115ft (340m)
Time:	4½hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk gm115:

Littleborough - Rochdale Way - Ealees Road - Ealees Brook - Brearley - Whittaker Colf Club - Lydgate - Blackstone Edge Pasture - Aiggin Stone - The Pennine Way - Blackstone Edge Moor - Blackstone Edge Reservoir - Chelburn Moor - Utley Edge - Light Hazzles Reservoir - Warland Reservoir - Warland - Rochdale Canal - Summit - Timbercliffe - Claderbrook - Littleborough

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The Aiggin Stone is a gritstone pillar standing at nearly 4 feet high carved with an incised cross & the letters I and T.The plaque claims the Aiggin Stone is a Medieval waymarker that is some 600 years old. It also marked the boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Mountains

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Wainwrights

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Nuttalls

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Deweys

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyns

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Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Blackstone Edge at 472m (1549ft). Blackstone Edge is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Blackstone Edge is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.

Part of this walk also follows a section of The Rochdale Way, a 72km (45 miles) circular footpath starting and finishing in Hollingworth Lake in Greater Manchester, England. The Rochdale Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Rochdale Way.

You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL21 South Pennines

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

103 Blackburn & Burnley, Clitheroe & Skipton

109 Manchester, Bolton & Warrington

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk gm115 Blackstone Edge from Littleborough

In no particular order . . .

Autumn on the Rochdale Canal

Photo: Christine Shepherd (679)

Littleborough and Hollingworth Lake from the summit of Blackstone Edge

Photo: Christine Shepherd (787)

The Aiggin Stone

Photo: Christine Shepherd (786)

Blackstone Edge Summit Trig Point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (788)

My son Ben Collier (12) on top of Blackstone Edge

Photo: Bob Collier (1)

My son Ben Collier (12) on top of Blackstone Edge

Photo: Bob Collier (3)

The Aiggin Stone

Photo: Christine Shepherd (785)

Blackstone Edge summit trig point

Photo: Bob Collier (2)

The Jubilee Walkers on top of Blackstone Edge above Littleborough

Photo: David Morecroft (13)

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