A Pleasant Afternoon’s Stroll
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This afternoon I went for a walk with John, a friend of mine, and his daughter Lisa to try and find a waterfall in Lead Mines Clough. After parking the car at the entrance to the clough we walked along the path alongside Limestone Brook that feeds Yarrow Reservoir and Anglezarke Reservoir. About 1/4 mile along the clough we climbed up the side of the hill to the memorial pillar that was erected where a Wellington bomber had crashed during the Second World war.
Not quite sure which way to go from the memorial, we decided to follow a path that followed the edge of the neighbouring field. This gradually took us uphill towards the head of the clough, and after a short time we met a group of young walkers on their way down. On enquiring with them, they told us that the waterfall we were seeking was a little farther along the path, but we would be unable to access it. They told us they had walked up the stream (literally) and had used their climbing ropes to get up the waterfall when they reached it. After a quick inspection of the top of the waterfall, and not being equipped with ropes, we decided we would leave it for another day.
Instead we decided to go and find another waterfall, this time not far from Belmont church. Once again we were unlucky, this time because there wasn't much water coming down off Winter Hill and the waterfall wasn't really much to look at. Still, I did at least manage to get a picture of Ward's Reservoir (also known as The Blue Lagoon).
And one of Belmont Church.
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Hiya! I've walked up the stream, which is fun, though there is a safer way.
If you walk from Alance Bridge along the side of the stream, then go up to the war memorial, there's a faint path through the trees, next to the fence that adjoins the open field.
Don't go into the field - stay on your side of the fence, and walk through the woods, you'll be way higher than the water here. Eventually, you'll come to a gate, go through it and turn right, and you'll come to a bridge over the top of the waterfall!
If you cross the bridge, you can go over a stile on your right and drop down to view the waterfall from below.
Well worth a visit!!
Thanks Mark, I'll give that a try. With all the recent rain there could be quite a bit of water going over the waterfall.