Click the links to see brief videos of the commemoration event in Chatterton. Turn the speaker on! Chatterton Band 1 Chatterton Band 2
View or print the walk leaflets for the West Pennine Way by clicking Walk Leaflets.
A set of these A3-size leaflets can be obtained by sending a self-addressed envelope with 2 first-class stamps on it to the address shown below. The envelope needs to be 22cm by 11cm.
Christine Taylor
c/o Greenmount Old School,
Brandlesholme Road,
Greenmount,
Bury BL8 4DS.
VILLAGE LINK
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PILGRIMS' WAY
Follow the route of the Pilgrims 
from Whalley to Manchester.
For detailed information on this walk click
Pilgrims' Way
or click the picture.
Walk Reports
Monday 3rd August 2026
Heading West: Greenmount, Affetside, Top o’ th Knotts, back to Greenmount.
The walk began with twenty eight walkers heading down Holcombe Road to Old Kay’s Park. Once through the park we crossed Turton Road and made our way through a very overgrown footpath up to Cann Street, which we crossed and continued along a track into the fields. After walking through the fields, we turned right, and continued to a gate, at the top of the track and walked diagonally across the fields. Eventually the route took us into Yeoman’s Farm, which was free from mud due to the very dry weather. Once through the farm we turned right onto Watling Street, the site of the old Roman Road, and made our way to Affetside. At Trinity Church we turned left and headed down to Top o’ th Knotts, and on to Tottington Road, Harwood.
Yeomans Farm
Affetside
Top o' th Knotts
After walking up the road for a short distance we turned right, up to Hill End Farm and to The Height, where we had good views over the western part of Lancashire and beyond. Once over the height we found an ideal spot for our coffee stop before heading down to Old Holts, and Betley Hall Lane. At Bentley Hall Farm we turned left and crossed the fields to Four Lane Ends and on into Tottington.
Hill End Farm
The Height
Coffee Stop
Heading for Four Lane Ends
The last part of our walk took us passed the mural, dedicated to George Peachment. Private George Stanley Peachment, from Tottington, was posthumously awarded the highest military honour following an immense act of bravery during the First World War. The VC was awarded for gallantry due to his devotion to his company commander, Captain Guy Dubs, after the officer had been seriously wounded in combat at the Battle of Loos in France on September 25, 1915.
The Mural
Our route back to Greenmount followed the Kirklees Trail having covered seven sunny miles.
Friday 31st July 2026
Owd Betts & Paradise
Thirty five walkers leaving Owd Betts on a beautiful evening
Beginning the climb
Reaching the wind farm
Admiring the view
Starting the descent
Heading for Paradise
Finding it
Nearly back.