In good visibility you can just about make out wooden posts which guide the way across the moorland. Top screed is cracked and missing some pieces and there's some substantial cracking through the pillar. The route now makes its way to Entwistle Railway Station but of course not the direct route as we will take one last look at the Wayoh Reservoir! If you have far to go then please do at least venture across the dam to get the best view up the valley including the valve tower. Turton Tower in Chapeltown was home to the Lords of the Manor of Turton and dates to the 12th century.

A stile from the road onto a public footpath and half a field of gloopy cow trodden mud and another stile and I was getting the best view ever of Blackburn Rovers stadium - perhaps it is named after a sponsor, I don't know? The things that traditionally get mopped up are "pockets of resistance" although even the most cliché-prone war correspondents tend to use this phrase only sparingly these days. The data was provided by the Ordnance Survey who have kindly their given permission to post on the web.

The heights given relate to Ordnance Datum Newlyn (ODN), the waypoint identities are John's own with a 6 prefix (not compatible with the primary file). Bags the trig point, declares he’s won, informs me of the beautiful view and then demands his prize! A perfect journal of your hiking adventures in Lancashire – now your challenge is to complete them all!

The summit can be identified by: ground by tree Additional Notes: All the walks up Williamson Park on Mud and Routes can be seen above. Whether for the view or for the challenge, climbing the mountainous peaks in Lancashire is the best way to experience more of this beautiful region. The UK network of concrete pillar triangulation points was built and measured between 1936 and 1962 by the Ordnance Survey, for a project known as the Retriangulation of Great Britain. There are well-established footpaths and trails that traverse the fell, allowing visitors to explore its woodlands, moorlands, and panoramic viewpoints. Parked on the road to the east above the small covered reservoir then easy walk across fields to bag the trig on the summit.It seems a shame; they are part of our heritage and a tribute to what I think are amongst the finest map makers ever. There is a viewfinder on Ladyhill, also in Elgin, it's not very accurate and I would be surprised if it's listed in the book. From here follow the Colne Valley Circular path downhill, where it joins the old Huck Hill Lane and circles between properties to drop you on the road near Marsden station. The traditional triangulation pillar is just one of a number of different types used by the Ordnance Survey over the years.

Staring at an OS map it occurred to me my home in Marsden was surrounded by Trig points at some pretty good locations – and so the 6 Trigs circular was born! The determination and energy required at the start driven by the excitement to start a walk, then the sense of achievement of reaching the top. Cross over here (definitely watch for speeding cars) and follow the paved Pennine Way path up to Black Hill summit. For me it jumped out of your post trailing shreds of history, as if the trig points were enemies that needed subduing. Not proper rain but just enough to make my run along the route feel like it was perhaps not going to be completed.This was just in time for the unveiling of the Tower during the Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebrations after around two years of renovation work. The spread of man’s impact on the land was starkly seen from on high with the vast industrial and residential spread of conjoined Blackburn, Darwen, Oswaldtwistle and Accrington. There are more than 6000 remaining trig pillars spread across the Britain landscape and most can be "bagged" by using a map and compass. Cotton mills, printworks, bleachworks, an iron foundry, and a paper mill were important industries in this part of Turton after the Industrial Revolution. Whereas the "by OS Area: HP to TV" links on the left sidebar here, allow you to bag all trigpoints in each of the Ordnance Survey Grid Reference areas.