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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Bacup and Todmorden.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Bacup and Todmorden.
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This route has been reviewed by 1 person.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
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Is this route good enough? - Maybe (1)
Problems reported - Access (1)
Downloads - 2
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Bacup
Grid Ref
SD8690722976
Lat / Lon
53.70306° / -2.19980°
Easting / Northing
386,907E / 422,976N
What3Words
below.recording.weeps
Todmorden
Grid Ref
SD9356224176
Lat / Lon
53.71398° / -2.09902°
Easting / Northing
393,562E / 424,176N
What3Words
garden.allowable.bloodshot
Bactod One's land is
| Bacup | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SD8690722976 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.70306° / -2.19980° |
| Easting / Northing | 386,907E / 422,976N |
| What3Words | below.recording.weeps |
| Todmorden | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SD9356224176 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.71398° / -2.09902° |
| Easting / Northing | 393,562E / 424,176N |
| What3Words | garden.allowable.bloodshot |
| Moors | 7.0% |
| Pasture | 33.9% |
| Peat bogs | 45.0% |
| Urban | 10.8% |
| Woods | 3.3% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Fruitbat
11 Jun 2021The most important comment to make is that an early part of the route marked here (from the edge of Bacup town to the moorland at Reaps Moss) is NOT a public footpath and cannot be accessed (the track to Tong Farm, near the school, where the contour is marked 334 on the map, has a private property sign and leads to a quarry). So I took another route which is marked on the OS map as a public footpath but that was blocked by fences and I had to again divert my route.
The route as far as the wind turbines at Reaps Moss really isn't pleasant, it's a heavily damaged landscape. But after that is lovely, which is why I still gave it 3 stars. I've walked a lot on the moors around Gorpley Reservoir before but this was mostly a new route for me and I really enjoyed it. Once you pass the turbines the route is easy to follow and the views are lovely.
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