Burnley Towneley Park (10.15 miles 16.23 km ) Print

The Ride was one of two rides created for BHS Ride Out Month 2017 to raise funds to help protect our bridleways. The Mayor of Burnley, Jeff Sumner, supported BHS Lancashire's Ride Out event in Towneley Park and, having never been on a horse before, rode a short distance, watched in amazement by the Mayoress and other park users.Towneley Park, via Burnley Wood, Timber Hill tracks. Riding in the Park is not by right. PLEASE always keep to WALK in the Park. It may be very busy: be alert for loose dogs and children. Respect other users. Riding on the grass is permitted if the ground is firm.

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Leave Waypoint 1
the car park and turn left and then right with the Academy fence on your left, follow the path to the fork and keep right up hill. Go through the wood and continue up hill keeping housing on your left.
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At Waypoint 2
the top keep the garden centre on your left and ride up to the first street. Turn left on to Springwood Road. Ride to the end and at the main road, Brunshaw Road, turn left. Take the second right MAYFAIR ROAD.
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Turn Waypoint 3
second left onto DELMA Road. At the end immediately to the right of the Thornton Pub take the track and horse stile. Follow this path all the way down and Rowley Lake will appear on your right at the bottom.
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Turn Waypoint 4
right into the small car park and take the path out, keeping the lake on your right. Continue along and turn right at the bottom crossing over a bridge. IMMEDIATELTY after the bridge take the fenced path on the left instead of the property’s access road. Follow the path along with a fence/field on your right.
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Keep Waypoint 5
going until you come to a bridge, cross and turn left on the next track. This track soon joins a concrete lane – continue down with river on your left (this is Netherwood Road) and after a mile pass the COVERIS factory.
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At Waypoint 6
the end of the building where the road bends right go straight on and ride between the allotments and the river. Pass under the bridge for the A6114 and at the T-junction take the left path still with river on the left. This is Bank Hall Park. Continue along and go under 2nd bridge. Keep straight where paths split [Thompson Park is on the left.] and pass under a 3rd, 4th and 5th bridge.
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After Waypoint 7
the 5th bridge cut across the grass to the right, turning sharp right and ride up the path (NOT the one with the grey railings). Turn right at the top of the path into Norman Street, at the top turn left onto Monk Hall Street with the canal on your right and go along to the main road, Danes House Road.
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Turn Waypoint 8
left and after 20 yards turn right to join the canal on your right. (NOTE - you are riding on a bridleway, not the canal towpath.) Carry on and pass a bridge on your right. A few yards after the bridge pass through a metal gate and take the path on the left which immediately passes under two bridges. Pop up a bank and ride around the RIGHT HAND side of the field with a hedge on your right. At the top of the field re-join the canal. Turn left, riding along the tow path, canal on your right.
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After Waypoint 9
about 250 yards just before the bridge, take the path on the left along the back of the house with the white fascia boards. The path turns to the left between the houses and drops down onto Lower Mead Drive.
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Turn Waypoint 10
left, ride to the bottom and turn right onto Lower Manor Lane. At the bottom turn left and follow the road round to the left onto the rough lane. Follow the lane along over the M-way bridge, through the farm yard and along to the T-junction. Turn left. This track takes you through to Crow Wood Equestrian and Leisure Centre. There are grass tracks on the left that take you off the road, but please don’t use them if they are wet.
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Go Waypoint 11
past the first entrance on the left and opposite the buildings on the left, take the track off to the right. Follow all the way down and round to the left, then to the right with the river on your left. Proceed along and cross the river after the bridge. Bear right and ride into the housing estate, turning left at the road (Foxcroft).
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Ride Waypoint 12
up the hill to the T-junction and turn left on to Pendle Way. Pass 6 streets off to the left and after the last, Berwick Drive, at the end of the houses take the path on the left signed the Bowling Green. Ride down the path and under the M-way, over the horse stile and turn left at the T-junction. Continue up to Holme Road and turn right.
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At Waypoint 13
the top take the underpass to the left. DO NOT TRY AND CROSS THE DUAL CARRIAGEWAY. You may have to dismount if you are unhappy with leaning forward as the bridge is low. Take the left hand ramp at the other side then turn immediately right onto Gordon Street. Go across 2 cross roads and at the end turn right onto Folds Street.
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At Waypoint 14
the main road, Broughton Street, turn left. Ride over the railway bridge and IMMEDIATELY turn right onto a narrow street with the railway on your right. Ride to the end and take the path with the grey railings. This is Bank Hall Park.
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At Waypoint 15
the bottom turn left onto the path and ride along under the bridge for the A682. Keep going straight under the bridges, with the River Brun on your right. This is the path you took on the way out.
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At Waypoint 16
the fork, take the right fork keeping the river on your right and under another bridge. Ride along between the allotments and the river until you meet Netherwood Road. Turn right (straight ahead) and pass the Coveris Factory.
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After Waypoint 17
the factory take the first bridge over the river and follow the path up the slope. At the boulders go straight across onto the path with the lake on your left and ride up to a small car park. Take the second path on the left out of the car park up a slight bank, and immediately keep left at the fork. Rowley Lake is below on your left.
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At Waypoint 18
the next fork keep right and ride up to the road and the Thornton Arms. Turn right on Brownside Road up to the mini roundabout, and turn left on Brunshaw Road, then immediately right onto Brunshaw Ave
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Opposite Waypoint 19
Chiltern Ave take the ginnel on the left back into Towneley Park. At the fork take the right hand path, then right at the T-junction. Follow all the way back down the hill to Park Bridge Road. Turn left and return to the car park.