We are the Take a Hike Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
https://www.chartist.org.uk/winter-hill-britains-biggest-mass-trespass/ Sunday 6 September 1896
https://kindertrespass.org.uk/kinder-mass-trespass-history/ Sunday 24 April 1932
https://www.visitnorthwest.com/sights/barrow-bridge-village/
"The famous '63 Steps' were once trodden by folk on their way to the coal mines on Winter Hill now leads visitors to the West Pennine Moors.
"https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2402553https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2707092 Steep steps.
The link below shows the route (we start at point 8 on the map, and walk the route in reverse).
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59d3753e1f318d871640003f/t/62a1f343afa7a27a99c98f15/1654780747841/Winter+Hill+Trespass.pdf
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6761740
OS map 287
Barrow Bridge - Walker Fold - Winter Hill - Smithills Hall
Possibility of drinks after the walk, a short drive from Barrow Bridge.
https://whatpub.com/pubs/BOL/014/bobs-smithy-bolton1448 Chorley Old Road, Heaton, BL1 7PX
PLEASE NOTE: When I did this walk on 10.09.22 there was a road closure in place and the car park was closed as it was being used by the construction company. I parked on the roadside just beyond the car park, just before the road closure (this is a narrow section of road).
There is also roadside parking availabe between the bus turning circle and Cinder Road (this is a wide section of road). From here you can walk to the car park, but there is no roadside footpath.
Approach Barrow Bridge from the A58.
https://www.bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk/announcements/public_notices/notice/193746.Barrow_Bridge_Road__Temporary_Closure/
"from 23 March 2022 for 25 weeks approx, the effect of which will be to prohibit all traffic from proceeding on Barrow Bridge Road, from Longshaw Ford Rd for 150m, to safely allow construction works to take place. The Order will end after 18 months or on completion of the works whichever first occurs."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19772578.amp/
"The construction phase is expected to take four to six months dependent on weather conditions and the need to manage the Environment Agency's requirements on river flows."
https://www.visitnorthwest.com/sights/barrow-bridge-village/ "There's a fairly large car park near the end of Barrow Bridge Road close to the manager' houses. If you are using a satellite navigation system, the postcode BL1 7NH should bring you near the car park entrance."
