Anglezarke Loop
A 25-mile long distance path which explores Anglezarke, a sparsely populated civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SD 629 144
Distance: 25 miles (40 km)
Time: 9–12 hours
Duration: 1 day
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
285 Southport, Chorley, Wigan, Formby and Ormskirk
287 West Pennine Moors, Blackburn, Darwen, Accrington and Bolton North
Summary
The Anglezarke Loop is a challenging multi-use trail around the uplands of the West Pennine Moors which was opened in 2014. It is a circular walk which explores Anglezarke, a sparsely populated civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire. Anglezarke is dominated by reservoirs that were built to supply water to Liverpool, and a large expanse of moorland with evidence of Bronze Age settlements. From the beginning of the walk at Rivington, the walk goes in an anti-clockwise direction via Rivington Country Park, Brown Hill, Wilderswood, Montcliffe Stone Quarries, Holden's Plantation, Smithills Dean, Tippett House, Horrocks Fold, Dunscar Golf Course, Delph Reservoir, Stone Banks Plantation, Longworth Moor, Catherine Edge, Old Man's Hill, Hollinshead Hall (ruin), Tockholes Plantations, Roddlesworth Reservoir, Rake Brook Reservoir, The Goit, Wheelton Plantation, Stronstrey Bank, Anglezarke Reservoir, Yarrow Reservoir, and Upper Rivington Reservoir.