A short climb from Walsden Station and suddenly you're in a different world. Wild moorland stretches into the distance, scattered ruins tell of 19th century mining, while flagged paths seem unchanged since the miners walked this way.
LOCATION: Two miles south of Todmorden
START: Walsden Station, car park on A6033 50 yds to the south.
Grid ref: SD933221 Postcode: OL146QB
DISTANCE: 6 miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 3.5 hours
MAP: Outdoor Leisure - South Pennines Landranger 103
REFRESHMENTS: Pack a flask
EN ROUTE: Pasture Side Farm, Long Causeway, Foul Clough, Ramsden Clough, Ragby Bridge, Coolam
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News