Darwen Tower

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Trail stats

Distance: 1.87 mi
Elevation gain: 676 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 600 ft
Max elevation: 1,202 ft
TrailRank: 1
Min elevation: 525 ft
Trail type: One Way

Coordinates: 8
Uploaded: September 13, 2020
Recorded: September 2020

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near Darwen, England (United Kingdom)

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Waypoints

WP1

With Darwen Town Hall behind you, start walking to your right along Croft Street to its junction with Market Street, the main road. Cross over the road at the crossing, and continue up the road immediately in front of you (Borough Rd).

WP2

Follow Borough Road up the hill to enter the main gates of Bold Venture Park on your right. Take the path to the right, following the edge of the lake round past the waterfall, making your way up the park to emerge onto Manor Road.

WP3

Cross Manor Road to enter upper Bold Venture Park through the gate. Take the right fork of the path to follow the arrow on the stone way marker. Keep Bold Venture Brook to your left all the way up the wooded paths, which are bordered by holly, rhododendron, lime and ash trees.

WP4

Emerge from the top of the park through the kissing gate, and follow the track slightly to your left, up past the disused quarry, leading onto the open moorland. Continue up the track as it bends round to the right, climbing all the way up to the Tower.

WP5

After visiting the Tower, retrace your steps down the hill to the Ordnance Survey triangulation point. Take the path on the right, and, at the next junction, carry straight on ahead along the wide path downhill.

WP6

Part way down the hill, look out for a kissing gate on your right at the end of a wall. Pass through the gate, and straight down the field to Sniddle Hill Farm. Go through a kissing gate by a farm gate to pass Sniddle Hill Farm on your right.

WP7

Carry on straight down the path, crossing over Turn Lane via the stile and kissing gate to pass Holly Tree Farm on your right. You are now on Punstock Lane, which leads down to Punstock Road through a kissing gate.

WP8

Turn left out of Punstock Road at the T-junction to join Borough Road, which leads you back to Darwen town centre.

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