On the skyline, high above Uppermill, the Pots and Pans Memorial stands gaunt against the sky. Usually you will have this lonely place to yourself but tomorrow, on Remembrance Sunday, people from the surrounding villages climb the steep slopes to the annual service.
LOCATION: 4 miles east of Oldham
START: Saddleworth Church signed from A670 Uppermill, park near church
Grid ref: SE008064 Postcode: OL3 6LP
DISTANCE: 5 miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 3 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - Dark Peak Landranger 110
REFRESHMENTS: Church & Cross Keys Inns
EN ROUTE: Tame Valley, Broadstone Hill, Running Hill Head, Alderman's Hill, Sykes Pillar, Pob Green
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News