Walk 2634 - Broadstone Hill & the Cotton Famine Road

This walk provides a vivid introduction to the moors around the industrial town of Oldham.

Suggested Maps

It is recommended you take a map with you when following a walk route. The preferred scale is 1:25000 used by the Explorer series.

	OS Explorer	Sheet OL1
	OS Landranger	Sheet 110

Note : If two maps are listed at the same scale then either (a) both are required for full coverage of the route or (b) the route is covered on both maps.

Other walks nearby

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Chew Reservoir & Fox Stone from Dovestones
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.5 miles / 12.2 km

Walk 2553 - 0.7 miles / 1.1 km away
Greenfield Reservoir & Raven Stones from Dovestone
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km

Walk 2600 - 1.6 miles / 2.6 km away
Chew Reservoir & the Pennine Way
Grade - moderate/hard
Length - 14.0 miles / 22.8 km

Walk 2518 - 4.1 miles / 6.5 km away
Black Hill & Four Reservoirs
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km

Walk 2561 - 4.2 miles / 6.7 km away
Digley & Ramsden Reservoirs from Wessenden Head
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.5 miles / 15.4 km

Walk 1179 - 4.7 miles / 7.5 km away
Lad's Leap & Laddow Rocks
Grade - moderate
Length - 6.5 miles / 10.6 km

Walk 2621 - 4.7 miles / 7.5 km away
Black Hill & Laddow Rocks from Crowden
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km

Walk 3022 - 4.7 miles / 7.5 km away
Black Hill & Laddow Rocks from Crowden
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km

Walk 2613 - 4.7 miles / 7.5 km away
Marsden to Holmfirth, a Peak Dist. Boundary Walk
Grade - moderate
Length - 13.0 miles / 21.1 km

Walk 2521 - 4.7 miles / 7.6 km away
Hollingworthall Moor & Walkerwood Reservoirs
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.