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Course Status
- Last checked November 2020. Everything OK, though it looks like rabbits are making a home under post V.
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Orienteering map details
- There are two orienteering maps, the main Tandle Hill map, and a partial blown-up map of the SE part – Tandle Hill East – to support young beginner exercises.
- Tandle Hill – A4 landscape, Scale 1:5000. Last updated 2020.
- Tandle Hill East – A4 portrait, Scale 1:2500. Last updated 2020.
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Start/Finish
- The Start is at the park entrance at the SW end of the car park. The toilets and cafe/information building is just inside the park to the right.
Tandle Hill car park, Start, and toilets
Start/Finish post adjacent to car park
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How to get a map
Tandle Hill Country Park waterproof print£1.50
Tandle Hill Country Park PDF£1.50
Tandle Hill East waterproof print£0.75
Tandle Hill East PDF£0.75
- From some Oldham Countryside Centres
- Site Visitor Centre – Tel: 0161 627 2608
Brownhill Countryside Centre – Tel: 0145 787 2598
Saddleworth Museum Shop – Tel: 0145 787 0336 - From the Cafe/Visitor Centre
- Or buy any map from Get a Map
- Or order any map by post by downloading the Map order form
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Park Facilities
- K Car Park d Toilets Café
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Directions
- From M60(J20) follow A627(M) S for 1m and take slip road to Oldham. At roundabout take first exit on to A663 (Broadway) and follow for 3/4 mile to traffic lights. Follow A671 (Rochdale) for 1.5 miles and turn L on to Tandle Hill Road (500m beyond overhead power line). Park is signed.
- OS Grid Reference: SD 907 088. Postcode: OL2 5U
The ‘mountain glide’ area!
Wonderful mossy area on the wooded hillside
Ongoing work in the beech woodland
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Other useful information
- Ranger Tel: 0161 627 2608
- Oldham Council web site for Tandle Hill
- Wikipedia entry for Tandle Hill
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Course Maintenance
- Maintained by GMOA.
- Postwatchers, please click here to submit your report.
