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Two Lads' Cairn – Great Hill Summit Shelter loop from Horwich

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Two Lads' Cairn – Great Hill Summit Shelter loop from Horwich

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4.3

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Two Lads' Cairn – Great Hill Summit Shelter loop from Horwich

02:34

21.1km

470m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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2.56 km

Two Lads' Cairn

Highlight • Viewpoint

Built on what is thought to be an Anglo-Saxon site, "Two Lads" was constructed over a period of nearly two years by Robin Smith. The two cairns commemorate the tragic …

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4.11 km

Winter Hill Summit and Transmitter

Highlight • Summit

Home of Winter Hill transmitter, sending TV signals across the north west of England.

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4.52 km

Winter Hill Trig Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

A fantastic view at the top. Making it well worth the effort getting there

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9.34 km

Great Hill Summit Shelter

Highlight • Natural Monument

Part of the West Pennine Moors, so plenty bog around, well pathed from white coppice and over spitlers edge. One of my favorite local hills. Views over to Darwen Tower …

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15.0 km

Anglezarke Reservoir

Lake

18.3 km

Lower Rivington Reservoir

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Lower Rivington Reservoir is at the end of the Rivington chain of reservoirs in Lancashire, England, with Upper Rivington Reservoir to the north, and Rivington Water Treatment Works to the …

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20.2 km

Liverpool Castle Replica Ruins

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William Lever built a folly which is a scale replica of Liverpool Castle. Building started in 1912 and the replica, which was not completed, was based on a conjectural reconstruction of the castle prepared by E. W. Cox in 1892.

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21.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.4 km

4.41 km

1.39 km

854 m

527 m

500 m

Surfaces

9.75 km

3.85 km

2.67 km

2.27 km

1.51 km

1.09 km

Elevation

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Highest point (450 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

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Saturday 22 August

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Two Lads' Cairn – Great Hill Summit Shelter loop from Horwich

Two Lads' Cairn

Winter Hill Summit and Transmitter

Winter Hill Trig Point

Great Hill Summit Shelter

Lower Rivington Reservoir

Rivington Reservoir Dam

Liverpool Castle Replica Ruins

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