Hole Bottom

Hole Bottom was once a quaint hamlet perched atop Winter Hill.

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.

Hole Bottom Mining Area

The Hole Bottom area was mined around the mid 19th to 20th Centuries. Focussing on an area to the east of the current mast road and from the south of Hole Bottom and northwards towards the area of the Five Houses.

Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory

An old site of millstone manufacturing above Black Coppice Quarry.