Oldham Way

Gtr Manchester

A walk around the borough, where the landscape varies from moorland to urban canal. It starts at Dove Stone Reservoir near Greenfield, and continues over Saddleworth Moor to Diggle and Castleshaw Moor to Denshaw. It then skirts the north of Shaw and Royton to meet the Rochdale Canal at Chadderton Hall Park. It follows the canal south through Chadderton to Failsworth, after which it joins the Medlock Valley to Daisy Nook and Park Bridge before climbing over Hartshead Pike to Quick.

The Oldham Way is on OS mapping. The Oldham Council website currently only provides minimal information about the route, not enough so that it could be navigated from that information. Oldham Council are currently trying to update the website to provide appropriate information about this LDP.

(Paul Nellist, August 2026)

See also E-Routes (E2).

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Details:

Path Type:	Paths Marked on OS mapping
Waymark:	Owl disc
Attributes:	Challenging Canal Lake/Reservoir/Loch Moorland Urban
Start and Finish:	SE017044 - Dove Stone Reservoir, Gtr Manchester
Web Sites:	Oldham Way Walks Oldham Way [YouTube video]

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