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Part of the new "Stonemead" development at Carrbrook, Stalybridge (being built in the top left of the grid square).
©Martin Clark
Dist:0.4km<br/>From Turf Pits
©Andy Stephenson
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©Gerald England
Dist:0.5km<br/>This leads off the Pennine Bridleway. The path to Swineshaw runs just behind this farm and over the moor.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.5km<br/>Hoarstone Edge is behind.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.5km<br/>A line of about ten of these shelters follows the ridge above Turf Pits. Some have survived better than others. They appear disused.
©Roger May
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©Chris Wimbush
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking over disused quarry towards Millbrook and Buckton Vale.
©John Topping
Dist:0.5km<br/>As the track over Turf Pits peters out, one carries on over Swineshaw Moor, where this dry, frozen runoff exposes the peat under the hardy grass and heather surface.
©Roger May
Dist:0.5km<br/>Luzley Brows and Hartshead Pike across the valley.
©John Topping
Dist:0.5km<br/>Farmland under Slatepit Moor.
©Gerald England
Dist:0.5km<br/>This was the principal road to Carrbrook before the founding of the printworks in the Victorian era. The houses in view are built on the site of the printworks and the roads have such names as Printers Drive and Calico Crescent in memory.
©Bill Boaden
Dist:0.6km<br/>These three local lasses are setting out from Carrbrook for an early evening jog along the National Trail. I overheard one say to the others, "If you think I'm running up there you've got another think coming". No pain, no gain. The National Trail here leads towards the Brushes Valley.
©michael ely
Dist:0.6km<br/>Footpath from Carrbrook Fold to Slatepit Moor.
©Gerald England
Dist:0.6km<br/>
©Bill Boaden

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