Burnley Way
Weavers' Triangle Visitor Center, usual start/end of route
Length	40 mi (64 km)
Location	Lancashire,England
Trailheads	Circular based onBurnley
Use	Hiking

TheBurnley Way is a 40-mile (64 km) long distance footpath inLancashire,England. As a circular walk it can be walked from any point, but it is common to start and finish at theWeavers' Triangle Visitor Centre inBurnley. It covers a range of terrain from canaltowpaths to openmoorland.

The path is waymarked by a letter "B" and a bird symbol. It was created in 1993 and updated in May 2008.^[1]

The route is described in a series of six sectional leaflets, updated in 2008, which are available from Burnley Tourist Information Centre.^[2] The first section begins at the Manchester Road canal bridge (where theWeavers' Triangle Visitor Centre is located), and follows thetowpath of theLeeds and Liverpool Canal over theBurnley Embankment to Thompson Park. It then follows theRiver Brun through Bank Hall Park and past Heasandford House where it joins the route of theBrontë Way out of Burnley, almost to Lea Green Reservoir. It then passes the ruined Extwistle Hall and over theRiver Don toQueen Street Mill Textile Museum inHarle Syke.^[3] The second section crossesTodmorden Road, passing a number of farms and over Thursden brook. It then follows the road up the Thursden valley and crosses intoWest Yorkshire, descending to Widdop Reservoir. Joining theMary Towneley Loop section of thePennine Bridleway at the Gorple track, it moves back into Lancashire and past Hurstwood Reservoir to theElizabethan hamlet ofHurstwood.^[1][4]

The third section rejoins the Mary Towneley Loop, going through some of the new woodland created by the Forest of Burnley project and crosses Sheddon Clough intoCliviger (There was a limestonehushing operation here in the 17th century).^[5] It then joins an ancient road called The Long Causeway, and passesCoal Clough Wind Farm before descending into the Cliviger Gorge toward the village ofPortsmouth, West Yorkshire.^[6] Section four ascends the opposite side of the gorge to Heald Moor, and onto the highest point of the route at Thieveley Pike (449 metres (1,473.1 ft)). Here part of the path follows aMedievalsaltway route that ran fromCheshire viaManchester toKnaresborough andWetherby.^[7] And next to thetriangulation station are the remains of what is thought to be an ancientbeacon, possibly reusing the site of uplandround barrow.^[8] The path then steeply descends back into the valley towardHolme Chapel before reconnecting with the Mary Towneley Loop over Easden Clough. At this point walkers are offered a choice between two paths: one passes Dyneley Hall, the home of Lady Mary Towneley (late wife ofSir Simon) in whose honour the local section of the Pennine Bridleway is named,^[9] while the other passes a wooded hillock called the Fireman's Helmet. AtWalk Mill the route continues on to Barcroft Hall and then to theTowneley Hall museum and park.^[1][10]

Section five again climbs the hillside intoHabergham Eaves where a choice is offered of crossing or bypassing the golf course at Burnley Golf Club. After crossing Crown Point Road the route descends intoDunnockshaw and Clowbridge Reservoir before summitingHameldon Hill. As well as the oldrifle range on thecommon at Higher Barley Green, the descent intoHapton passes the Hameldon Hill Wind Farm.^[11] This is also the site of Hapton Tower around which, in the late 15th century, Sir John Towneley was given licence to create adeer park of 1,000 Lancashire arces.^[12] From Mill Hill Lane it shares the route of the Hyndburn Clog and Huncoat Trail through Castle Clough Wood before crossing the Railway,M65 motorway and the canal nearShuttleworth Hall.^[13] The sixth section descends to theRiver Calder, and entersPadiham through Memorial Park. AtPadiham Town Hall it follows the Calder out of the town on the Grove LaneGreenway, with views ofGawthorpe Hall andBurnley FC's training ground. To cross the Calder, the route again joins the Brontë Way and at this point connects to thePendle Way for theForest of Pendle andPendle Hill. Passing throughIghtenhill, the route again joins the canal towpath to pass over the M65 aqueduct and return to the oldcotton mills of the Weavers' triangle.^[1][14]

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  Towpath of theLeeds and Liverpool Canal in theWeavers' Triangle
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  Following theRiver Brun through Bank Hall Park
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  Extwistle Hall,Briercliffe
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  Queen Street Mill Textile Museum,Harle Syke
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  Heading into West Yorkshire at Widdop Reservoir
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  Gorple Road crossing back into Lancashire
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  Spenser's House,Hurstwood
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  Waymarker on Heald Moor,Cliviger
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  Towneley Hall
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  Crossing Crown Point Road inHabergham Eaves
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  Clowbridge Reservoir,Dunnockshaw
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  Shuttleworth Hall,Hapton
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  Mill Street,Padiham
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  Bridge over theRiver Calder atIghtenhill

• Brontë Way
• Hyndburn Clog
• Mary Towneley Loop -Pennine Bridleway (National Trail)
• Pendle Way

Media related toBurnley Way at Wikimedia Commons

• Long Distance Walkers' Association: Burnley Way
• Walking in Burnley
• Route guide 1 Weavers' Triange to Queen Street Mill
• Route guide 2 Queen Street Mill to Hurstwood
• Route guide 3 Hurstwood to Portsmouth
• Route guide 4 Portsmouth to Towneley
• Route guide 5 Towneley to Hapton
• Route guide 6 Hapton to Weavers' Triange

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