Dean Mills (site of)

Outlines, rubble and low stone walls on the site of Dean Mills at Barrow Bridge.

Halliwell Bleach Works (ruin)

The works were founded by Peter Ainsworth in 1739, and acquired a reputation in the early C19 for the early use of chlorine gas in the bleaching process, under the direction of Richard Ainsworth.

Rivington Moor Brickworks (ruin)

An 18th Century brick works relying on clay from the adjacent mine.

Winter Hill Brick and Tile Works

Just next to the mast access road on Winter Hill, the old Bolton to Belmont track, at the start of the Hole Bottom area are the extensive remains of the old Winter Hill Brick and Tile Works, or the Five Houses Brickworks as it was variously known.

Ouzel Hall (site of)

Ouzel Hall was a dwelling, presumably a farm, just on the moorland line, south of the Hole Bottom area on Winter Hill.

Wildersmoor Pit Kilns (ruin)

A remains of a series of primitive 'pit kilns' beside a footpath leading up Wildersmoor on the south slope of Winter Hill.

Prospect (ruin)

An ruined farmstead below Brown Hill, overlookng the town of Horwich.

Rivington Moor Bell Pits (ruin)

A group of possibly quite ancient 'bell pits' on Rivington Moor together with an old, stone sheep pen.

Burnt Edge Colliery (ruin)

The ruins of Burnt Edge Colliery, high on the moors above Bolton.

Burnt Edge Farm (ruin)

The ruins of Burnt Edge farm that went derelict in the first quarter of the 20th Century.

Owshaw Clough Mine Filtration Ruins

The ruins of a old mine drain filtration system in Owshaw Clough.

Deborah's (site of)

Lower Tarkingtons (ruin)

Scant ruins of an old farm that went derelict in the latter half of the 19th Century.

Lower Brownfields (site of)

Site of an old farm beside the track to Yarnsdale, with little remaining to see.

Yarnsdale Old Mill (site of)

A collection of stone blocks and a keystone said to be from an old mill on the Cadshaw Brook at Yarnsdale.

Beehive Coke Ovens on The Naze

Up on the west side of the Broadhead valley there is a field containing two groups of “beehive” coke ovens.

Prospect Tower

Prospect Tower is a grade II* listed but derelict summerhouse dating to the 17th Century.

Smithills Hall Kitchen Garden (ruin)

A little 'lost', walled garden, built in the latter half of the 19th Century, that once grew food for Smithills Hall.

Rivington Pike Tower

Grade ii listed Rivington Pike Tower, built 1733 by John Andrews of Little Lever, owner of Manor of Rivington; said to be on site of earlier beacon.

Lever Castle

Lever Park was officially opened to the public on the 10th October, 1911, but construction of Lever Castle at Coblowe on the eastern side of the Lower Rivington Reservoir overlooking Cross' Creek wasn't begun until 1912.

Dean Wood Spa (ruin)

The remains of an old 'spa' or cold water bathing pool possibly dating from the 17th Century or earlier.

Rockavon and Rockhaven Castle

The site of Rockavon Castle at Wilderswood above Horwich.

Creams Paper Mill (ruin)

Creams Mill was located beside the River Irwell at Ash Clough, Little Lever.

Binns (ruin)

An interesting ruin of a farmhouse and assorted outbuildings on the Northward slopes above Kitcliffe Reservoir.

Rag Hole (ruin)

The ruin of Rag Hole preserved as low walls above Ogden Reservoir

Rhodes Barn (ruin)

The collapsed ruins of Rhodes Barn an 18th Century Farm

Greenbooth Waterfall

A small waterfall in a rocky gorge beside an old waterwheel pit at Greenbooth Reservoir.

Green Booth (ruin)

The rubble ruins of Green Booth, an old farmstead that was still standing in the mid-20th Century.

Rainshore Lower Mill (ruin)

A few walls upstanding from the Rainshore Lower Mill, a fulling mill that went derelict around the turn of the 20th Century.

Albion Iron Works Aspull (ruin)

The very overgrown remains of the Albion Iron Works at Aspull.

Th'Owd Mill I'Thrutch

Ringley Road Station (ruin)

The remaining platform of the old Ringley Road Station beside the old track bed.

Mount Sion (ruin)

The scant remains of the old house known as Mount Sion - giving the area its name.

Bury Castle

The site of the fortified manor house known as Bury Castle, begun in 1469 by Sir Thomas Pilkington, lord of the manor of Bury.

Higher Ridge (ruin)

Ruins of Higher Ridge on the lower slopes of Harcles Hill above Redisher Wood.

Middle Ridge (ruin)

Sparse ruins of Middle Ridge below Harcles Hill.

Lower Ridge (ruin)

There is an interesting section of old flagstone wall on the site of the Lower Ridge farmstead.

Cheesden Lumb Mill

Cheesden Lumb Mill is a historic cotton spinning mill located in the town of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England.

Park Bridge Heritage Centre

Park Bridge Heritage Centre is a unique and fascinating attraction located in the heart of Tameside