Croshaw Wood Waterfall

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Croshaw Wood Waterfall

The waterfall at Croshaw Wood can be great after rain and in the right light, at other times it is almost dry and the shady ravine in which it hides is awkward.

On good days the rocky shelf formed due to a geological fault creating a shelf with softer sediment below is just perfect with a decent cascade of water coming over the lip.

The small brook that goes over the fall must have once had more volume of water but today it is very small. The waterfall actually gets wet when the Leeds and Liverpool Canal up the slope has too much water, and an overflow system leading down into the brook supplies extra water.

The ravine in which the waterfall sits is quite steep and slippery with leaf-mulch and falled leaves, the waterfall is best viewed from above on the North side of the brook but decent is too steep here.

Local History

Historic monuments near Croshaw Wood Waterfall

  • Headless Cross, Grimeford – 3.37 km away
  • Bretters Farm moated site and two fishponds – 4.47 km away
  • Pike Stones chambered long cairn – 7.13 km away
  • Round cairn on Winter Hill – 7.53 km away
  • Round cairn on Noon Hill – 6.79 km away
  • Round Loaf bowl barrow on Anglezarke Moor – 8.51 km away
  • Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels – 8.70 km away
  • The Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David’s Church – 2.14 km away
  • Cross base on Standish Wood Lane 700m south east of Standish Hall – 3.66 km away
  • Moated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near Wigan – 0.46 km away
  • Mabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building – 4.81 km away
  • Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall – 5.23 km away
  • Cross base at the junction of Standish Green Lane, Standish Wood Lane and Beech Walk, 200m NNW of Strickland House Farm, Standish – 3.33 km away
  • Cross base on Green Lane 300m north of Strickland House Farm, Standish – 3.20 km away
  • Market cross in the marketplace to the west of St Wilfrid’s Church, Standish – 2.98 km away
  • Winstanley moated site and five fishponds – 9.00 km away
  • Haigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park House – 3.88 km away