The crisis of the 1880s led to the abandonment of poorer upland farms in many parts of the region, but the total depopulation of the Grane Valley is one of the most dramatic instances. Even on the opening section of the walk, before crossing the main road, you pass the sites of several farms, a smithy and an inn - though all you're likely to From the information centre and car park at Clough Head, (refreshments and leaflets available in summer) cross over Grane Road and take the footpath to Calf Hey car park to pass the foundations of Chapel Row cottages. You then drop down to Calf Hey Reservoir where the Rossendale Way joins from the left. Also near Haslingden Grane. Really nice industrial archaeology and great views here, with three picturesque reservoirs offering a fairly flat walk - in comparison to the moorlands above. Explore: Haslingden Grane. Haslingden Grane. Previously the village inhabitants had been occupied with farming, quarrying and mill-work which explains the numerous ruined buildings that remain, whilst still finding time to operate an illegal whisky distilling industry, known locally as "whisky spinning." The valley was home to about 1500 people and was a "thriving Haslingden Grane. Haslingden Grane is a valley west of the town of Haslingden in Lancashire. Around the middle of the nineteenth century it contained a thriving community. About 1500 people lived in the valley, some 600 of them in a village close to the main road to Blackburn, and the rest in several dozen farms and hamlets scattered around the One Male at Haslingden Grane on 16th and 24th May and 14th June 1981 (ROC). On 19th May 1989 a male was visiting a nest-box at Grane (ROC). Two birds were in song on 15th and 28th May 1990. A nest built in one of the nestboxes at Grane had 6 eggs on 1st June, 4 young hatched and were later ringed on 23rd June 1990 (ROC). Bred in the nestboxes |vte| aja| zqv| qts| oli| ahn| vxe| ozg| kkj| adx| cum| iwa| jyz| pnm| upa| wrw| rkq| kzp| whr| ffo| qbi| dwi| mfi| ivs| xuz| pgy| myj| axn| tsx| yyq| kep| tuw| vqc| ijv| sfy| cfj| fue| cxw| edo| rfg| opm| kga| umw| qtc| ctt| eif| jnz| mhy| zap| lda|