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Runs in and around Ramsbottom
4 running routes in Ramsbottom · 15 more nearby
Runners in and around Ramsbottom get anything from 5.5km to 9km, and it's a mix of pavement and trail. There's enough climbing in most of these to be felt. Most are loops, so you finish back where you started. Rawtenstall and Bury are close enough to be worth a look too.
Runs in Ramsbottom

Brooksbottoms
Bury, England
An undulating run from Ramsbottom Station. Mix of surfaces from tarmac streets and lanes to earthy woodland trails and good surfaced paths…

Cowpe Lowe
Rossendale, England
The climb to Cowpe Lowe starts on a tarmac lane, turning to track then grassy path.

Holcombe Moor
Bury, England
A run around the moor with open views. Mix of grassy paths and stony trails.

Irwell Vale
Rossendale, England
A flat start along the river then the course carries on across Alderbottom Viaduct on a well surfaced path.
Runs around Ramsbottom
Within roughly 10 km, sorted by distance.

Old railway to Greenmount
Bury, England
An out and back to Greenmount on a surfaced path.

Turton Bottoms and Jumbles Reservoir
North Turton, England
A clockwise loop along Bradshaw Brook and around the reservoir before linking to Chapeltown Road for a road section to Turton Bottoms.

Lowercroft Reservoirs
Bury, England
This run has a stretch along Bentley Hall Road, a dirt track offering a quiet, rural setting.

Elton Vale Circuit
Bury, England
This 2.3 km anticlockwise loop around Elton Vale and its reservoirs is a compact and scenic route, perfect for runners seeking a short loop…

Bury River Irwell
Bury, England
A generally flat route on surfaced paths, pavements and park trails, from central Bury heading to and around Burrs Country Park.

Elton Reservoir
Bury, England
A loop connecting Bury and Radcliffe on good paths and some residential streets.

Entwistle and Wayoh Reservoirs
Entwistle, England
Parking at Entwistle Reservoir Car Park. A clockwise loop of the two reservoirs.

3 Reservoirs Run
Rochdale, England
Option to start at Greenbooth Reservoir Car Park. A clockwise loop around the four reservoirs: Greenbooth, Upper Middle and Lower Naden.

Around Hail Storm Hill
Rossendale, England
A shared out and back for the start and finish plus an anticlockwise loop circumnavigating Hail Storm Hill.

Naden Brook
Rochdale, England
Sections on pavements and lanes loop round back to the river for a repeat of the outward start.

Jumbles Reservoir
Bolton, England
A climb along the brook and through the trees before a flat loop around the reservoir.

Seven Acres and Longsight Park
Bolton, England
Along the riverside path then a hilly loop around Turton Gourse. Back to the start along the river.

Radcliffe and Elton Reservoir
Bury, England
Starting at Water Street and following the canal out to Elton Reservoir where it loops back along the bank, then skirts Withins Reservoir…

Horrocks Wood
Bolton, England
A course around Smithills Country park. The first half is mainly climbing and the second descending.

Radcliffe Canal
Bury, England
Along the canal towpath from the Scotson Fold Bridge to Mytham Road and back.
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