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.

Stronstrey Bank

A steep and rocky bank along a large geological fault that runs from the north end of Anglezarke Reservoir to Abbey Village.

White Coppice Quarry

A small quarry on Dean Black Brook above White Coppice.

Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement

A 242 hectare area of protected status limestone pavement at Warton Crag.

Sykes Mine

Sykes Mine is an old lead mine, that worked mineral veins on either side of the Trough Road and Losterdale Beck, above Sykes.