The walk starts from Pennington Flash car park and follows the anticlockwise circular route via Golborne Park and Lowton.
Calculated time: 2h50[?] 
Distance : 9.65km
Vertical gain : 25m
Vertical drop : 26m
Highest point : 50m
Lowest point : 19m 
Difficulty : Easy
Back to starting point : Yes
Walking
Location : Manchester
Starting point : N 53.49208° / W 2.558012° (D/A) Leave the car park and turn left on Slag Lane. Turn right on Lightsaw Lane.
(1) At the gate, take the footpath on the north side of the gate. and follow it between fences.
(2) Turn left to leave lane via footpath and head south-west to Winnard Street.
(3) Turn right along the main road and then take Ashton Road over the railway on your left.
(4) Turn left on Rock Street. In the park, take the first right along Golborne Park boundary. Follow the path going south and then south-east.
(5) Cross the bridge into Poplar Street and cross over A573 into Heywood Avenue. At Lowton Road, turn right.
(6) Take the pathway between houses and then through parkland.
(7) Turn right and take then the first track on your left, and left again at the next junction with the disused rail track.
(8) Head briefly east along Byrom Lane and take then the track to the north. Continue north past farm entrance and you'll be back on Slag Lane. There, turn right and walk back to the car park.(D/A)
Waypoints :
D/A : km 0 - alt. 25m - Car park
1 : km 0.89 - alt. 24m - Gate
2 : km 2.01 - alt. 31m - Lightshaw Hall
3 : km 3.18 - alt. 43m - Winnard Street
4 : km 3.54 - alt. 47m - Rock Street
5 : km 4.8 - alt. 43m - Bridge
6 : km 6.29 - alt. 40m - Pathway
7 : km 7.38 - alt. 34m - Junction
8 : km 8.63 - alt. 32m - Byrom Lane
D/A : km 9.65 - alt. 24m - Car park
Food and drink available in Lowton.
Parking at start.
More details : http://www.graemelinford.com/walks/lowto...
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