WALK ROUTES
September Walk - Greenfield
Organised by Alan Slater
Greenfield, Saddleworth
Sunday September 14th 2014
Short Walk (easy 6 miles)
Walk Leader - Keith/Neil (TBC)
Start from Dove Stones Reservoir in a circular direction and down Chew Valley. Practically no climbing and route on good surface tracks ending in Greenfield.
Medium Walk (moderate 11 miles)
Walk Leaders - Alan Slater
Again starting from Dove Stones Reservoir, ascending uphill to Chew Reservoir and over Stones Moss. Picking up the Oldham Way and then a second climb over Dick Hill, returning via the Pennine Bridleway to Greenfield.
Long Walk (Moderately Difficult 16 miles)
Walk Leader - TBC
Starting from Greenfield follow the Pennine Bridleway as far as Tintwistle. Take the Reservoir side path and up to Longendale until the Pennine Way is reached, take the path up Black Hill as far as Ladden Moss then cross the Moor to Chew Resrvoir, down Chew Valley and back to Greenfield.
Choose the walk that is right for you on the day,
so you are comfortable with the pace of the group.
Dovestones Reservoir and Chew Valley
Further information:
Greenfield is a village in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Oldham, and 13 miles (21 km) east-northeast of the city of Manchester.
It lies in a broad rural area amongst the South Pennines.
To the east of the village Dovestone Reservoir, Chew Reservoir and Greenfield Reservoir lie within the Peak District National Park, though no part of the village itself lies within the Peak Park boundary.
Greefield village