Jumbles Country Park — Attraction in Bolton

This is such a lovely place and very popular with locals. The reservoir is very nice and surrounded by trees, which is great in the rain or sun for cover. There will often be boats on the water and people fishing. Canadian geese and ducks here that will come and say hello in the hopes of being fed. Great place for families and dogs. If you walk from the car park past the Cafe, you can walk around the Jumbles and come out on Grange Road. This will lead you to Ousel Nest footpath and back to the car park, via a green bridge. Please be aware that it is very steep from this bridge and the steps have no handrail, unfortunately. If you take a right over this bridge, away from Ousel Nest (Rotary Trail), it will take you towards Upper Bradshaw (Kingfisher Trail). This path is gorgeous along the river and coming out near The Crofters Inn. This path gets extremely muddy so caution and appropriate footwear is advised. The reason I have knocked 2 stars off is because it is not very well looked after by the Council. Some of the smaller paths are overgrown with stinging nettles (be mindful if you have young children), overgrown footpaths veering off from the main path & the main path is often waterlogged in places. Some of the benches & picnic tables are surrounded by overgrown nettles/plants. I wouldn't recommend it for wheelchair users or prams, from personal experience (unless your pram is a bit more rugged). There is a car park with toilets and a Cafe that serves food and drinks (also offers...

Used to be a great place to visit wether your a walker, a fisherman or just out with the family to get some fresh air. Now sorry to say Far far too many dogs off the lead runing a muck, dogs fouling on foot paths and picnic areas were children play, its a joke to be honest. we sat this summer on a day out with family and watched three people with dogs over a 45 minute or there abouts, pick their dogs mesh up in little bags, job done you might think....but then on crossing the foot bridge near the quarry end they dropped the bags of dog mess into the water! Thinking no-one had seen them do it.. It's our drinking water! The mind boggles, then to cap it all 7 to 10 teenagers doing somersaults off the foot bridge into deep water right next to warning signs, stating 'danger deep water no swimming', soon after watched a group of Chavs smoking drugs at the picnic area up from the bridge as we were leaving, verbally abuse with sexual remarks aimed at two young ladys jogging past minding there own business. Not a safe place too visit for a peaceful country walk with your family, no sign of Park Rangers or United Utilities who own the...

Jumbles country park opened in 1971 after the reservoir was completed. You can access the area off of the Bradshaw road where there is a Pay and Display car park. From the car park head north shorty after there is a little cafe and tourist information booth overlooking the reservoir. Follow the path and head over the concrete bridge a great place to capture a photo of the whole of the reservoir. You now enter a wooded area, follow this path for around half a mile. Further along at the north end of the bridge you will go over another bridge and here you have a choice of circumnavigating the whole of the reservoir taking you back to the carpark or heading to Turton Tower. Carrying on walking and at the end exit onto Grange road. Follow this for half a mile before you turn back in to the park. Soon you will arrive at Ousel Meadows which is always teeming with wildlife. Follow the track over the dam and then there is a steep climb up bringing you back the carpark. Please note you can also access the Jumbles from Bromley train station. This walk is perfect fro young and old and the only steep section...