Walking BritainScout Moor from Ashworth Moor Reservoir
Greater Manchester Walk
County/Area - Greater Manchester - Rochdale
Author - Shanita Lee
Length - 4.5 miles / 7.3 km Ascent - 700 feet / 212 metres
Time - 3 hours 0 minutes Grade - easy/mod
Maps 
| Ordnance Survey Explorer 277 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer 277 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
Walk Route Description
The start is the parking area on the south side of the A680 overlooking Ashworth Moor Reservoir (grid ref. SD830159). After parking, cross the road with care and take the rough path/track to the right of the no motorcycles sign. Follow the route passing Cheesden Fold on your left across Tom Hill to reach a junction of paths/tracks on Turf Moor (grid ref. SD824175). Turn right here and after 300 metres turn right onto the Coal Road (Rossendale Way). Continue up the valley containing Grain Brook. At the head of the valley, turn right (grid ref. SD833187) and continue across the northern side of Higher Hill with its radio mast. You are now passing through the Scout Moor Wind Farm.
After passing the radio mast bear right at a junction of tracks (grid ref. SD837186) and head south. Keep the first wind turbine to your right, bear right at the next junction and continue along the clear track. At the next junction continue ahead soon passing another turbine on your right. Just after the next turbine, fork right and continue past a turbine on your left (grid ref. SD833171). Leave the track as it bends to the left and follow a grassy path heading south which soon passes through walled fields to re-join the outward route.
Other walks nearby
| Walk 1421 | Turf Moor & Black Hill | moderate | 10.5 miles |
| Walk 1619 | Cheeseden Brook & Pooley Bridge from Heywood | easy/mod | 7.4 miles |
| Walk 2183 | Irwell Sculpture Trail | easy | 4.5 miles |
| Walk 1458 | The Rossendale Way from Greave | easy/mod | 7.0 miles |
| Walk 2584 | Turton & Entwistle and Wayoh Resrs. from Jumbles | moderate | 10.0 miles |
| Walk 2564 | Calf Hey, Ogden & Holden Wood Reservoirs | moderate | 7.5 miles |
| Walk 2624 | Tor Hill & High Moss, Nr Haslingden | moderate | 7.0 miles |
| Walk 1747 | Oswaldtwistle Moor | easy/mod | 6.0 miles |
| Walk 3380 | Blackstone Edge from Hollingworth Lake | moderate | 9.0 miles |
| Walk 3719 | Ramsden Wood & Hades Hill from Walsden | easy/mod | 6.1 miles |
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