Walk Swinden Valley from Mereclough
Quiet country paths
This 6 mile, Grade 3 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Mereclough in the Forest of Bowland & South Pennines & will take you about 3 hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
Vital Statistics: | ||
| Walk No.: | l106 | |
| Length: | 6 miles (9.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 814 ft (248m) | |
| Time: | 3 hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
Route outline for this walk:
Mereclough - Rock Water - The Burnley Way - Hurstwood Reservoir - Slipper Hill - Swinden Bridge - The Bronte Way - Lee Green Reservoir - The Burnely Way - Swinden Water - Swinden Valley - Worsthorne - Hurstwood - The River Brunt - Mereclough
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Bronte Way, a 64km (40 miles) linear footpath connecting Gawthorpe Hall in Lancashire, England with Oakwell Hall in West Yorkshire, England. The Bronte Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Bronte Way.
Part of this walk also follows a section of The Burnley Way, a 64km (40 miles) circular footpath starting and finishing in Burnley in Lancashire, England. The Burnley Way is waymarked by B and bird logo. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Burnley Way.
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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
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