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Dist:0.4km<br/>This bleak moorland lies SE of the hamlet of Boarsgreave. Pendle Hill is prominent on the skyline.
©Peter Standing
Dist:0.5km<br/>There was a large quarrying area up to the left, known as Greens Moor Quarry.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.5km<br/>It drains into the Irwell at Stacksteads down to the right. There was much local quarrying, and some of the remains are in this clough.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.6km<br/>Apart from the quarry workings, this is a featureless moor.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.6km<br/>This is part of the Lee Quarry recreational facility.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.6km<br/>Greens Moor Quarry is now disused. It is owned by Lancashire County Council and used for recreational purposes, including bird watching. It adjoins Lee Quarry.
©Mike Lee
Dist:0.7km<br/>The Rossendale valley is in the distance, and the quarry produce accessed it via Greens Clough.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.7km<br/>Greens Farm is to the left, and viewed across the lower part of Greens Clough.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.9km<br/>
©robert wade
Dist:0.9km<br/>
©robert wade
Dist:0.9km<br/>Some of the back-to-back houses in the middle part of Unsworth Street.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.9km<br/>With Lee Quarries in the background
©robert wade
Dist:0.9km<br/>This is where the Rooley Moor Road bridleway from Rake Head meets the Pennine Bridleway. The cyclist is about to turn right to return to the Rossendale Valley at Waterfoot (3 miles away).
©michael ely
Dist:0.9km<br/>These are back-to-back houses on the west side of Cutler Lane, while on the east side there are modern houses.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.9km<br/>These houses are back-to-back with those in Cutler Lane. This is the lowest part of Unsworth Street.
©Dr Neil Clifton

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