Hyndburn Greenway

About this event

Great Harwood to Leeds-Liverpool Canal (railway Path) Starting from Clock Tower go down Queen St and turn 3rd right down Clayton St. Continue across St Hubert’s Rd to the end of the road onto the green, grown over the site of a former railway line.Turn right onto the tarmac path running the length of the green (this is a shared-use path). Follow all the way past the end of the green (where it passes a cemetery to your right) and continue through a cutting to open ground, looking towards Blackburn. When you reach the corner with the open ground in front of you, turn left (there is a signpost to Rishton) and go down to the canal, reaching it by a bridge just before some houses. For more route information please see the linked PDF. Places of Interest • Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington. Just off theGreenway, this Edwardian mansion is set in nine acres of parkland. It also has a tearoom. Open afternoons from Wed-Sun. • Accrington Water Park. A old mill lake on the fringes of Accrington Town Centre with a unique causeway crossing. • Oswaldtwistle Mills. A large mill factory shop, craft centre and cafe plus grounds and a wildfowl reserve. Children’s donkey rides and other family events in the summer. .

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