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A side turning from the B road, Mossley to Grotton.

©Roger May

Dist:0.2km<br/>This is the valley between Mossley and Grotton. It is raining, which has affected visibility.

©Bill Boaden

Dist:0.3km<br/>This is the boundary between the townships of Grotton (Oldham Borough) and Mossley (Tameside Borough).

©michael ely

Dist:0.3km<br/>The house in the foreground has the datestone '1744'.

©Michael Fox

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©David Dixon

Dist:0.4km<br/>This is where the Oldham Way climbs up Quick Edge. There are usually lively and noisy dogs in this field.

©Bill Boaden

Dist:0.4km<br/>This old hamlet, seen from the Oldham Way footpath, has almost been engulfed by the large housing estates that have developed on the eastern side of Oldham.

©Michael Fox

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©David Dixon

Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking towards Oldham from Lane Head Road.

©David Dixon

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©Alexander P Kapp

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©David Dixon

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©David Dixon

Dist:0.6km<br/>From the end of Under Lane, Grotton.

©Gerald England

Dist:0.6km<br/>This where the Oldham Way crosses Quickedge Road. The long distance footpath goes through the new kissing gate where it follows the Oldham/Tameside boundary. The bridleway fingers on the fingerpost relate to Quickedge Road, a rough road in parts between Lydgate and Top Mossley.

©michael ely

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©Alexander P Kapp

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