On older maps, it is shown as two cairns, but some visitors will be familiar with just one large cairn until the 1970s when ...

The Barrow Bridge Chimney, built in the 1860s as part of the Halliwell Bleach Works, is a landmark that’s hard to miss. Bolton’s Fred Dibnah climbed the chimney in his youth, and later helped secure ...

Research is going on at the Woodland Trust’s Smithills estate, on the moors between Bolton and Horwich, close to the Winter Hill TV mast, into whether it is suitable to be described as ...