AUTUMN WALKS 2026

September 2026 to November 2026

Click Autumn Walks 2026 for the  program.

CIRCULAR WALKS INCORPORATING THE WEST PENNINE WAY

View several Longer Circular Walks, which incorporate the West Pennine Way, by clicking the link Longer Circular Walks. These walks show a map and also the .gpx file of the route.

If you prefer a shorter walk, click the link Shorter Circular Walks.

These walks also show a map and the .gpx file of the route.

COME WALKING AROUND GREENMOUNT

You can download a map of a walk and the gpx file for the walk shown on the Community Notice Board map, by clicking: 

Come Walking Around Greenmount

MAP OF THE WEST PENNINE WAY

View videos of the West Pennine Way by clicking West Pennine Way Videos

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

To view the Village Link website and its walks, click the Village Link logo.

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.

KAY STREET COUNTRY STRIDERS

is a small group of walkers based in Rawtenstall.

Monthly Saturday walks in the North West - for more info click

 Kay Street Country Striders

Monday 7^th September 2026

Greenmount to Village Link from Nangreaves to Nuttall Park.

On an autumnal feeling day, twenty one walkers left Greenmount and headed through Summerseat, past Bast House and up to Bury Old Road, Nangreaves where we had completed the first section of the Village Link.

Re joining the Village Link Route

After turning left on the old road, we made our way to Grant’s Tower, where we stopped for our morning coffee break. The tower was built in remembrance of the parents of the Grant family, who established a calico printing business in the area. The tower, which was built in 1827, stands on the spot where the Grant family first viewed the Irwell Valley in 1783, having arrived from Morayshire, Scotland. Due to a lack of maintenance, the tower collapsed in 1944.

Grant's Tower

View from the tower

Continuing along the Link Route we headed down to Park Farm and once across the busy main road we walked through the fields to the top of Jacob’s Ladder, which we descended into Nuttall, which was once a thriving village with several mills.

Jacob's Ladder

After joining a narrow path, that followed the River Irwell, we crossed over the river to the site where United Utilities had just completed the development of a large underground water storage tank.

Heading for the River Irwell

Site of underground tank

The way back to Summerseat

From here it was just a short walk back into Summerseat and on to Greenmount by which time we had covered six historic miles.

Friday 21st August 2026

Final walk of the series, Greenmount, Kirklees Valley.

Heading down the trail

The first lodge

The wishing stone

In the valley

Back to Tower Court.