Smithy Bridge - Izeria

Smithy Bridge is a suburb of Littleborough in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Hollingworth Lake Country Park is close by. It also has a link to the Rochdale Canal and has its own railway station. It was once a route on the packhorse trip through to Yorkshire. Smithy Bridge was formerly a part of Butterworth.

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Smithy Bridge railway station

Smithy Bridge railway station serves the village of Smithy Bridge and Hollingworth Lake near Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. The station is on the Caldervale Line 12+3⁄4 miles (20.5 km) north of Manchester Victoria on the way to Leeds.

Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club

Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club is a rowing club on Hollingworth Lake and based at The Clubhouse, Lake Bank, Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England.

Hollingworth Lake

Hollingworth Lake is a 130-acre (53 ha) reservoir at Smithy Bridge in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England. It was originally built as the main water source for the Rochdale Canal, but developed as a tourist resort from the 1860s. Hotels were built around it, helped by the arrival of the railway in 1839, which brought day-trippers and weekend visitors from Manchester, Bradford and Leeds. The popularity of the lake as a resort declined in the early twentieth century and the area was used as an army camp in the First World War. The canal company sold the reservoir to Oldham and Rochdale Corporations for water supply in 1923. After the Second World War, boating rights were bought by Rochdale Council, who developed the area into the Hollingworth Lake Country Park in 1974. There has been a steady increase in facilities since, and it is now a thriving centre for water sports and other activities. Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club has been in continuous existence since 1872.

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Rochdale Way

The Rochdale Way is a circular 45-mile (72 km) walking route around the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England, which provides a view of the scenery and buildings of the area. Areas covered include the following: Hollingworth Lake Blackstone Edge on the Pennine Way Watergrove Reservoir Healey Dell Knowl Hill Naden Valley Queen's Park in Heywood Rhodes Alkrington Middleton Hopwood Tandle Hill Piethorne Valley