🥾 Walking route
Full walk - Witton Weavers Way
Lancashire
- 📏 5.6 km · 3.4 mi
- ⛰ +98 m
- ⏱ 1 hr 30 min
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance5.6 km · 3.4 mi
- Elevation+98 m
- Duration1 hr 30 min
- DifficultyEasy
- Route typeLinear
- TerrainField paths, moorland tracks and brookside trails with gentle ascent
- Best seasonLate spring to early autumn
- DogsDog friendly, but keep on lead near livestock and moorland
About this walk
This linear section of the Witton Weavers Way offers an easy introduction to the moorland edge of Lancashire, starting in North Turton and heading out across open country towards Dimple. Over roughly 5.6 km, the path climbs gently past Old Man's Hill, with modest ascent that rewards you with wide views over the West Pennine Moors.
The route follows Delph Brook down through pastureland and wooded cloughs, with Slate Brook and Stones Bank Brook threading the landscape nearby. Delph Reservoir sits close to the line of the walk, its still waters framed by rough grazing and the sweep of Longworth Moor beyond. Walmsley Unitarian Chapel, tucked into the hillside, is a quiet landmark of the area.
The walk finishes at Dimple on the edge of Egerton, an easy afternoon's outing that captures the character of Lancashire's weaving country: brooks, reservoirs and moor edge, all within a short stretch of well-trodden path.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
4 waypoints along the way
- 1
Start: North Turton
- Start
The start of the route.
- 2
Old Man's Hill
- 3
Delph Brook
- 4
Dimple
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Delph Reservoir
~413 m off the route
Slate Brook
~372 m off the route
Stones Bank Brook
~442 m off the route
Walmsley Unitarian Chapel
~257 m off the route
Longworth Moor
~203 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).