clowbridge reservoir circuit visiting singing ringing tree

Having shared some of my best walks that can be accessed on foot from Accrington. I will now start to share some walks a little further a field. This one starts over hamelton hill (20 mins drive away) at clowbridge reservoir (a nice circular walk can be had around the reservoir in itself). Parking is available by turning left just after the reservoir if approaching from Burnley (on my visit the parking was free). 

I was joined on the walk by my eldest daughter today (aged 13), you can see the clowbridge reservoir in the photo above in background.

As you can see from my route map starting at the car park on the south west side of the reservoir. We took the higher path (as opposed the path that hungs the lake) around the reservoir (heading anti-clockwise on the route)

the higher path is gained by taking the path to the right at the point (see above photo). Follow this path around the lake once accross a stream the path climbs a little so you get to for information boards about gambleside. Here take the lower path below a stone wall and continue to follow my route.

The route for a few hundred metres stays at the same altitude till you get to a t-junction. Turn left and drop down to the reservoir edge. After a hundred metres by the reservoir edge turn right and head up throught a tree for a life plantation. 

The route climbs up straight ahead for a kilometre. At a t-junction take the left hand path this bends round up to take you to crown point road. You cross this and then Follow the path to the right that takes you up to near the singing ringing tree, briefly coming back near to the road as you climb through another tree for a life plantation (along this route the views of Burnley and Pennine east Lancashire and beyond are excellent). 

We stopped for lunch at the singing ringing tree. Enjoying the weird "hunted cow sound" of the tree and the excellent views. (This is 3 miles from are starting point). 

From here we went back to and crossed crown point road. Near a cattle grid we took the path off to the right which stays at roughly the same attitude following this route along the moorland for a mile or so (in general going straight on and at a decision point taking the right fork). This brings us to the path junction. Compton's cross is through a style to the left at this point.

This was an ideal desert stop (a mile and half after are previous stop).

From here we went back through the style and took the path to the right but not sharp right down the hill to the reservoir.

Once at the reservoir we turned right and followed the reservoir edge back to the car park.

The total walk allowing for our lunch and snack stop took us 3 hours, was 6 miles in length and involved 215 metres climbing.