GM Ringway Stage 13 Bury to Bromley Cross

This fairly challenging route – due to its length, the ascents and descents involved, and some tricky route-finding – offers fantastic views as well as some beautiful riverside and woodland scenery.

Highlights include:

• Riverside walking along the Irwell with views, if you’re lucky, of passing steam trains

• The delightful Holcombe Brook in its narrow tree-lined valley

• A gradual ascent of Holcombe Hill topped by the famous Peel Tower, offering stunning views across the West Pennines and Manchester

• Semi-ancient woodlands and a waterfall in the peaceful Redisher Wood