Rawtenstall, Irwell Vale & Edenfield

Rochdale Group

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Overview

We are walking from Whitaker Park along the river to Irwell Vale and back through Edenfield going on both sides of the A56. The walk is on mainly good paths but there are a number of longish steepish inclines.

Saturday, 27 June 2026

Start time:: 10:00 am
Estimated finish time:: 2:15 pm

Difficulty:: Moderate
Distance:: 12.4km / 7.7mi
Ascent:: 322.2m / 1057ft
Type:: circular

Please note that dogs (other than assistance dogs) are not permitted on our walks.

Starting point

Grid reference:: SD 80563 22630
Nearest postcode:: BB4 6RQ
what3words:: jams.scenes.tennis

Start time:: 10:00 am

Meet outside the Whitaker Museum off Haslingden Road, Rawtenstall. Parking is available to the left of (behind) the actual museum as well as on the entry road itself.

Upcoming walks with Rochdale Group

Queens Park and Greenbooth

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

To Tang and Back

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Singing Ringing Tree from Towneley Park

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Downhill (mainly) from Owd Betts to Queens Park (Linear Walk)

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

Downhill All The Way! Owd Betts to Norden (Linear Walk)

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Milnrow to Ogden

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

Littleborough - Beyond the Lake

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

How Many Steps?

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Finding the Piethorne Cellars

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

Pendle Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 12.0 miles

Chadderton Park to Tandle Hill

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Valley Views around Stainland

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.0 miles

Stoodley Pike via Cragg Brook & Bell House Moor

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

Red Lumb

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Heading into Lancashire

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 10.0 miles

Blackstone Edge Cirque

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Haworth to Hebden Bridge Linear

Start:

Difficulty:: Strenuous

Distance:: 13.5 miles

Greenbooth and Environs

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.5 miles

Exploring the moors above Hurstwood and Cant Clough reservoirs

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Around Gawthorpe Hall

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.5 miles

Roman Around, taking in Castleshaw, Diggle & Delph

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.5 miles

Windmills Turning, Trump Churning

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 7.5 miles

Hopwood Woods Stroll

Start:

Difficulty:: Leisurely

Distance:: 5.0 miles

Barley, Pendle Water and Newchurch

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.5 miles

Tower & Turrets

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 6.0 miles

Moors, Canal and Lake!

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.5 miles

Longridge Fell from Hurst Green

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 8.0 miles

Windy by Name, Windy by Nature

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 9.0 miles

M62 and Hollingworth Lake

Start:

Difficulty:: Moderate

Distance:: 5.5 miles