Family Walks
Activity Sheet / Walk Diary
We went on our walk on (date)………………………………………, with……………………………………………………………………….
The weather was………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
This walk follows a path around Dovestones reservoir. There are several tasks for you to do on the way.
Q1. A Challenge. The “Life for a Life Forest is a memorial forest.
See who can stay silent for the longest while passing through this area. Try using other ways to communicate with each other. Make up your own private signals. Shhhhhhhh!!!
Q2. See how many water channels flow into the reservoir from the hills.
Number of water channels
Total number of water channels ______________________________________________
Where does this water come from?????.......................................................
Q3. They say that the hills are “Sleeping GIANTS”. Look at the hills that surround you see if you can see the “Giants faces” in the rocks on the skyline? There is a group of rocks called “Indians Head” see if you can find it? (Clue - He is looking up to the sky).
Q4. On your walk see how many of these signs you can see? Make a mark / for each sign you see then add them up at the end of the walk
Look for
Total __________________
Q5. On each of these stones there is a number. Write down the different numbers that you see on these stones.
Look for.
52, ________________________
Q6.Look for Ashworth Hall steps □
Q7. As you walk between the two reservoirs Dovestones and Yeoman Hey there is a carving in the Yeoman hey Dam wall from the King of Tonga see if you can find it. Yes/ No
Q8. Near the end of your walk there is a memorial bench to “Katie” and an attribute or quality for each letter of the alphabet.
Now think of your qualities and attributes that each letter in YOUR name might stand for.
My Name…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
My qualities and attributes…………………………………………………………………………………………..
Use the memorial plaque to help you.
Information about Dovestones taken from “Wikipedia“
Dovestones Reservoir was built in 1967 to collect water from the surrounding moorlands. This received a lot of opposition from the local mill owners who claimed the damming of the river would cut off their water supply. As a result of this, a tunnel was built higher up in the hillside to bypass the reservoir.
We went on our walk on (date)………………………………………, with……………………………………………………………………….
The weather was………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
This walk follows a path around Dovestones reservoir. There are several tasks for you to do on the way.
Q1. A Challenge. The “Life for a Life Forest is a memorial forest.
See who can stay silent for the longest while passing through this area. Try using other ways to communicate with each other. Make up your own private signals. Shhhhhhhh!!!
Q2. See how many water channels flow into the reservoir from the hills.
Number of water channels
Total number of water channels ______________________________________________
Where does this water come from?????.......................................................
Q3. They say that the hills are “Sleeping GIANTS”. Look at the hills that surround you see if you can see the “Giants faces” in the rocks on the skyline? There is a group of rocks called “Indians Head” see if you can find it? (Clue - He is looking up to the sky).
Q4. On your walk see how many of these signs you can see? Make a mark / for each sign you see then add them up at the end of the walk
Look forTotal __________________Q5. On each of these stones there is a number. Write down the different numbers that you see on these stones.
Look for. 52, ________________________Q6.
Look for Ashworth Hall steps □Q7. As you walk between the two reservoirs Dovestones and Yeoman Hey there is a carving in the Yeoman hey Dam wall from the King of Tonga see if you can find it. Yes/ No
Q8. Near the end of your walk there is a memorial bench to “Katie” and an attribute or quality for each letter of the alphabet.
Now think of your qualities and attributes that each letter in YOUR name might stand for.
My Name…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
My qualities and attributes…………………………………………………………………………………………..
Use the memorial plaque to help you.
Information about Dovestones taken from “Wikipedia“
Dovestones Reservoir was built in 1967 to collect water from the surrounding moorlands. This received a lot of opposition from the local mill owners who claimed the damming of the river would cut off their water supply. As a result of this, a tunnel was built higher up in the hillside to bypass the reservoir.
Local myth has it the reservoir is named after a collection of stones on the skyline that look like a dove. To see these stones, walk along the dam wall towards the carpark and look up the hillside when you come to the corner of the dam wall and the tourist information sign. To the right on the adjacent skyline is a group of small crags that are known locally as "The Indian's Head" due to their resemblance to an Indian's face that is looking upwards.
During a visit in 1981 to attend the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, the King of Tonga paid a visit to Dovestones Reservoir to pick up tips on reservoir construction and design. To commemorate this visit, a carved stone has been set into the dam wall of the Yeoman Hey reservoir. It is visible when walking along the tarmac pathway between the two reservoirs.
Up on Dovestones Moss is a memorial to James Platt, MP who died in a shooting accident. The memorial is known as the Ashworth Cross.” Above Ashworth Gap.
Tiny Treks – Dovestones Reservoir
Start: Dovestones Reservoir Greenfield, Oldham, Greater Manchester OL3 7NE
Facilities: Toilets, Parking (Pay and Display). Refreshment vans often sell at weekends and summer holidays.
Walk: Approx 2.5 miles (1.5 hrs)
Walk instructions
Facilities: Toilets, Parking (Pay and Display). Refreshment vans often sell at weekends and summer holidays.
Walk: Approx 2.5 miles (1.5 hrs)
Walk instructions
1. Starting from Dovestones car park, walk up to the right end of the dam and to a well defined path.
This route is anticlockwise around the reservoir.
2. Just past the boat park there is a “A ' Life for a Life' Memorial Forest” (planting started 1999). Walk into
the forest (Q1) through the gate towards the water, just before reaching the water the path goes to the
right until you reach the exit gate.
3. Turn left onto the main tarmac path, and left over a small bridge (Q2, Q3, Q4). This path meanders
upwards and through a stile.
4. Passing a small wood on the left side (Q5). Through the next stile is Ashworth Gap on the right and the
remains of Ashworth House (Q6) with its picnic tables on the left.
5. The path continues onwards and crosses between two reservoirs (Q7) Yeoman Hey and Dovestone.
6. When you have passed between the two reservoirs turn left and almost immediate left through another stile.
You will now be walking along the opposite side of the reservoir.
7. Continue along this path (Q8) until you reach the end of the reservoir.
8. Turn left and walk along the dam embankment returning to the car.
This route is anticlockwise around the reservoir.
2. Just past the boat park there is a “A ' Life for a Life' Memorial Forest” (planting started 1999). Walk into
the forest (Q1) through the gate towards the water, just before reaching the water the path goes to the
right until you reach the exit gate.
3. Turn left onto the main tarmac path, and left over a small bridge (Q2, Q3, Q4). This path meanders
upwards and through a stile.
4. Passing a small wood on the left side (Q5). Through the next stile is Ashworth Gap on the right and the
remains of Ashworth House (Q6) with its picnic tables on the left.
5. The path continues onwards and crosses between two reservoirs (Q7) Yeoman Hey and Dovestone.
6. When you have passed between the two reservoirs turn left and almost immediate left through another stile.
You will now be walking along the opposite side of the reservoir.
7. Continue along this path (Q8) until you reach the end of the reservoir.
8. Turn left and walk along the dam embankment returning to the car.