We went walking on 7 June 2015 down the Longdendale valley which is East of Manchester.
The name means 'long wooded valley' and now contains a chain of six reservoirs.
Part of our walk was along a disused railway line which was opened in 1845. It was originally built by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne & Manchester Railway (SA&MR).
In 1847 the company merged with the Sheffield & Lincolnshire Junction Railway, the Great Grimsby & Sheffield Junction Railway and the Grimsby Docks Company to form the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway.
In 1897 the Company again changed its name to the Great Central Railway (GCR) before ownership passed to the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 and finally to British Railways in 1948.
The line closed in 1981.
The name means 'long wooded valley' and now contains a chain of six reservoirs.
Part of our walk was along a disused railway line which was opened in 1845. It was originally built by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne & Manchester Railway (SA&MR).
In 1847 the company merged with the Sheffield & Lincolnshire Junction Railway, the Great Grimsby & Sheffield Junction Railway and the Grimsby Docks Company to form the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway.
In 1897 the Company again changed its name to the Great Central Railway (GCR) before ownership passed to the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 and finally to British Railways in 1948.
The line closed in 1981.
A small stone bridge takes the line over what must have been a farm track, we walked here up the hill across fields full of lambs from the reservoir you can see in the distance before heading East down the main line. After a few miles we left the line of the old railway and headed back down the hill and circled the reservoirs ant-clockwise on our way back to the car.
A road bridge crosses the old line
Heading along the side of the valley into the hills.
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