Thursday, 10th October 2024
| Walk: | Stronstrey Bank, High Bullough Reservoir, Yarrow Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir Bridge, Heapey Fold Lane, Waterman's Cottage, The Goit, Stronstrey Bank | ||
| Start Point: | White Coppice Cricket Club car park | Grid Reference: | SD 619 190 |
| Distance: | 8.2 mls | Ascent: | 673 ft |
| Time: | 4 hrs | ||
| Weather: | A cold start with sunny spells | ||
| Comments: | From Moor Road the section through woodland was very muddy but emerging from the trees there was a great view of the reservoir. Walking alongside Yarrow Reservoir I found a carved face - only spotted because someone else was taking a photo.On the return path the woodland section from Heapey Fold Lane to Moor Road was almost impassable until I found a parallel footpath nearer to the water. Unfortunately the footpath from Moor Road to White Coppice Farm was blocked by a gate chained and padlocked. This route still has a yellow waymarker in place but I had to retrace my footsteps and return along Stronstrey Bank, adding a mile to my route. |
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White Coppice cricket ground and cottages
Anglezarke Reservoir . . .
followed by . . .
some very pleasant woodland
Yarrow Reservoir looking across to Rivington Pike . . .
and across to Winter Hill
I was told that there used to be three of these carved faces but that only one is now left
The overflow from Yarrow Reservoir . . .
looked very different in 2011 . . .
Looking up from the road compared to . . .
in 2016
The overflow would take water into . . .
Anglezarke reservoir
Waterman's Cottage is a Tudor-style structure also known as Heapey Cottage
Nearly back BUT . . .
the gate is padlocked . . .
and definitely not for opening . . .
so despite the waymarker I retrace my steps and return by my outward path.