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Rooley Moor Road (Cotton Famine Road)

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Rooley Moor Road (Cotton Famine Road)

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Location: Greater Manchester, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Singletrack to Lee Quarry – Lee Quarry Trails loop from Shuttleworth

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2. Mary Towneley Monument – View of Watergrove Reservoir loop from Rochdale

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3. Whitworth Pump Track – Rowlands Road Gravel Path loop from Wood Top

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Richard Midgley

March 26, 2019

Doing this clockwise from summit this is the first real climb of the mtl. Not overly steep but a long climb on cobbles and rough hardcore and gravel. Built by the cotton mill workers during the American civil war when the confederate army blockaded the ports in the southern states cutting off supplies of raw cotton to the Mills round Lancashire. Low interest loans from the government saw the mill workers employed to build this road over rooley Moor to improve links to the Rawtenstall Valley.

Pointeer

June 28, 2020

Great bone-shaking bit of cobbled rough stuff

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Location: Greater Manchester, North West England, England, United Kingdom

Rooley Moor Road (Cotton Famine Road)

1. Singletrack to Lee Quarry – Lee Quarry Trails loop from Shuttleworth

2. Mary Towneley Monument – View of Watergrove Reservoir loop from Rochdale

3. Whitworth Pump Track – Rowlands Road Gravel Path loop from Wood Top

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