Manchester Weekend Walkers lead public transport walks into fantastic countryside all year round.
Train-based walk
Leader: Mark F
Meet Point: Near the ticket barriers, or on the platform, at Victoria station. Alternatively, meet the group on the train or at the station in Burnley.
Transport to Walk Start: 10:04 train from Manchester Victoria (final destination Blackburn).
Suggested Ticket: Off-Peak Day Return to Burnley Manchester Road £13.20
Walk Start: Burnley Manchester Road railway station at 11:00. Please assemble outside the ticket office.
Waypoints: Rose Hill, Higher Small Hazels, Burnley Way, Dunnockshaw Community Woodland, Crown Point, Singing Ringing Tree, Spring Gardens, Cliviger Mill Bridge, Townley Hall Park, River Calder, Leeds / Liverpool Canal.
Return Services: x:39 until 23:39.
Extra: No toilets at Walk Start, then none en route until the 7-mile mark at Townley Hall Park. Optional pub visit at the end of the walk. The walk finishes in Burnley town centre where there will be a choice of pubs to go to. However, the railway station is a short 10-minute walk which the walk leader can guide people back to.
This walk includes stunning views of the West Pennine Moors and Pendle Hill and visits The Singing Ringing Tree - a wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the moors above Burnley. The majority of the climbing in this walk is done in the first half. There are some long ascents and the route is very undulating, so a good degree of fitness is required and the walk is not suitable for novice walkers. Some paths may be muddy.
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