Monday 11th May 2026

Monday 11^th May 2026

First of the Village Link Circular Walks.

As is usual the walk began from Greenmount Old School where thirty walkers crossed Brandlesholme Road and joined the start of the Kirklees Trail. The walk is part of the Village Link route, which states in their website:

“The Village Link, a unique trail of a little less than 18 mile around and between 6 of Bury’s most historic villages. The trail consists of 7 quite distinct separate sections each varying in length and scenery between 2 to 5 miles long and ideal for everyone from the seasoned walker to the weekend strollers.”

 

If you wish to visit the website, either use the link from our website or go to, village-link.com..

We continued down the trail to Shepherd Street, where we turned left and walked to Tower Farm, now called Tower Court. The distinctive building, that is undergoing repair work. It was built in 1840 by Joshua Knowles as a stables and barn.

After turning right at the tower, we crossed the footbridge, over Kirklees Brook, and continued past several old mill lodges until we reached the bottom of Kirklees Street. Here we stopped to view the Wishing Stone, a remnant of the mill, before turning left and heading down to the footbridge, where we turned right just before the bridge.

On reaching the top of a steep slope we turned right thought the woods and headed back to the Kirklees Trail. After walking for a short distance, we right turn into Greenhalgh Lane, which we followed to Tottington Road. Once across the road to walked along Wash Lane to the Bolholt. At the end of the lane, we turned right and made our way through the fields the Owlerbarrow and once across the road we followed the route into Walshaw and the end of this section of the Village Link.

After enjoying our morning coffee stop, in the Memorial Gardens, we turned right down Bank Street and joined a narrow footpath, at the bottom of the road, and made our way through the picturesque fields, that are destined to become a housing estate of some twelve hundred houses.

At the end of the path, we turned right on Scobell Street and crossed Tottington Road and made our way back onto the Kirklees Trail, where we turned left and headed back to Greenmount, having covered 6.5 healthy miles.