Worktown Walks 4 - The Trespass Trail: A Walk up Winter Hill and Around the Smithills Estate

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	1.	1: Intro and Smithills Hall 04:15
	2.	2: Dean House 01:26
	3.	3: Dean Gate Farm 01:10
	4.	4: Colliers Row Road and Coal Pit Road 01:36
	5.	5: Lomax Wives Track 02:00
	6.	6: Green Nook Farm 00:52
	7.	7: The Trespass Stone at the Disputed Gate 02:33
	8.	8: Roscow's Tenement Clough Plantation 01:21
	9.	9: Coal Pit Road 01:29
	10.	10: Winter Hill Fire and Restoration 01:40
	11.	11: Holden's Colliery and Black Jacks 02:21
	12.	12: Coal Pits 01:58
	13.	13: Stumps and Air Disaster 01:46
	14.	14: Winter Hill Tunnel 03:59
	15.	15: Murder Post and TV Mast 01:40
	16.	16: Two Lads and Hole Bottom 02:56
	17.	17: 18 Acres 02:13
	18.	18: Burnt Edge 05:53
	19.	19: Newfields 00:46
	20.	20: Walker Fold 01:41
	21.	21: 63 Steps and Barrow Bridge 02:55
	22.	22: Chimney, Smithills Croft Road 04:08

about

This guided audio walk takes us to the top of Winter Hill, on a circular route beginning and ending at Smithills Hall on Smithills Dean Road, Bolton, BL1 7NP.

If you download the audio, you will receive a PDF of the map and directions in your download folder. If you choose to stream the audio, you can download the map and directions here:

drive.google.com/file/d/1y-Y1uyutWXZCBN6l-_Pd1nZGl8BbyTrs/view?usp=sharing

On Sunday, 6th of September 1896, at least 10,000 people from Bolton marched to the top of Winter Hill to protest at the closing of a track by the local squire Colonel Ainsworth.

This walk describes some of the events on that day. We meet some of the characters involved and hear stories about places we pass, both on the march and before and after that great event.

The walk is 8 miles and involves 1,000 feet of ascent. It will take you around 4 hours at a steady pace. It is mainly road and track but muddy in places, so not accessible for wheelchairs or pushchairs and not recommended if you have limited mobility.

We recommend downloading the audio to your device before the walk rather than just streaming as, although this can be done, it’s a sensible precaution against loss of signal while out on the walk. Similarly for these directions, we recommend printing them as a precaution against loss of signal or power to your device.

The audio is free though it does require an email address so we can keep you up to date about Live from Worktown’s arts and heritage activities in Bolton, though you can unsubscribe at any time.

You can, if you wish, make a donation to the group when downloading and any money collected this way will go towards our costs of producing our various arts and heritage projects in the town.

credits

released August 19, 2021

Credits:

Written and researched by Tony Greenwood

Read, recorded and design by Brad B. Wood

Cover Photo by Tony Greenwood

Trialed and tested by Peter D. Firth and Dave Bryce

Additional voices were performed by Oliver James Lomax, Andy Openshaw, Tony Bridge, Damien Riley and Andy Dawson

Map by Dave Burnham

Tony Greenwood would also like to thank:

Dave Burnham and Vicky Entwistle for all their support and feedback on his script

Additional stories have come from the members of the Woodland Trust - Smithills History Group, in particular Laura Kovaleva and Barbara Winder.

There is so much more to tell of the story of the Trespass. A summary of what happened after the events described in this walk is at the back of the map and directions document, please read this or track down Paul Salveson’s booklet “Will Yo’ Come O’ Sunday Mornin’ at lancashireloominary.co.uk/index.html/publications , from which much of this story came and to whom a big thanks is due.

Music:

Intro: Diversion M5 by Dave Bryce
Stop 10: Sunrise by Peter D. Firth
Stop 14: Will Yo’ Come O’ Sunday Mornin’ by Nat Clare
Stop 17: Diversion M65 by Dave Bryce
Stop 18: Bowton Mill Lad by Nat Clare
Stop 20: Will Yo’ Come O’ Sunday Mornin’ sung by members of the Bolton Whitmanites
Credits music: Diversion M5 by Dave Bryce

For further information on the music:

Dave Bryce: davebryce.bandcamp.com
Peter D. Firth: peterdfirth.bandcamp.com
Nat Clare: cityscaperecords.bandcamp.com/album/letter-from-a-ghost

This walk has been produced by Live from Worktown with funding from The Woodland Trust

Live from Worktown CIC - Co No 13586112

Live from Worktown, Third Floor, St George's House, St George’s Rd Bolton, BL1 2EN
info@livefromworktown.org

www.livefromworktown.org

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A Bolton-based Community-led Arts and Heritage Organisation in the North West of England.

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