Historic Houses, Highest Hill
This walk begins from the medieval manor house of Smithills Hall and leads up to the television mast on Winter Hill, which reaches a height of almost 1500 feet and is the highest hill in the West Pennine Moors.
From the heights there could be views over to the Peak District and Pennines, to North Wales and even to the Isle of Man. The route returns to the start of the walk by way of the classic mill village of Barrow Bridge.
There are two possible routes, with the shorter, 4-mile circuit providing easy walking, but the full 8-mile walk taking you over high, rough moorland.
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