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Anglezarke Reservoir

Just before the overflow bridge, one of the capping stones in the wall on the right has been carved, by a reservoir construction worker, into the likeness of a face, allegedly the works foreman. It is not easy to find because over the years it has been rather defaced.

Beyond the bridge, the track continues beside gorse-bearing embankments to give a fine view, right, over Yarrow Reservoir to the distant pincushion of Winter Hill and its clutter of masts. Eventually, the track runs out to a road, and here you turn left, descending the road with care to a junction. Turn right, still following a road, until, at the first opportunity, you can leave it, left, to pursue the Anglezarke Woodland Trail.

There are a number of possibilities for circular tours along the trail, but for our purposes, begin by keeping left, through a gate near the entrance to the car park. This takes you down a surfaced track at the edge of Anglezarke Reservoir, and past side paths that lead, for the curious, into Leicester Mill Quarry. Leicester Mill Quarry provided stone for building and road construction throughout the northwest. Indeed, many of the streets of Manchester are paved with stone from the Anglezarke quarries.