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Long walk led by Gid - Pennington Flash

Event type: Walk
Date: 26th August 2026
Time: 10:30 am
Group: Walks - Long

A Pennington Flash Circular. 8.0 miles - flat. Meet at Pennington Flash Country Park Car park, Leigh. Postcode WN7 3PA, Grid Ref SD 644 991 W3W racing.swelling.requiring. This is a pay on exit car park (£2.50) The carpark has toilets and a cafe.

A walk over the former Bickershaw and Parsonage coal mines and around Pennington Flash, once slag heaps and flashes now converted to a country park!  

(Pennington Flash is a favourite with bird watchers)