Jumbles Fossil Tree

An amazing 3 metre high, 300 million year old, fossil plant beside the Jumbles Reservoir in Bolton.

Fairy Battery

The Fairy Battery is a rock outcrop above Cadshaw Brook now a popular climbing spot known as Cadshaw Rocks.

The Margery Flags at Rivington Pike

An outcrop of rippled, fine-grained sandstone forming 'flags' close to the top of Rivington Pike.

Tigers Clough

Tigers Clough is supposedly named after an illegal drinking establishment that once occupied a spot near to the Knoll Bleach Works in the 19th Century, having two tigers on a sign outside.

Jepsons Clough

Jepson’s Clough is a small woodland area with the River Douglas still as a small stream passing through. The rocky clough from which the area gets its name is scenic and leads on to a small waterfall with interesting geological features.