Spitlers Edge

Spitlers Edge is a ridge running along the eastern edge of Anglezarke Moor, Chorley, Lancashire, England from Standing Stones Hill to Hordern Stoops. The peak, complete with cairn, at 392m, is the high point of the moorland.

Redmonds Edge links Spitlers Edge to Great Hill and is paved. As of 2006, there are imminent plans to extend the paving along the length of Spitlers Edge.

Along the length of the edge is a stone wall of some importance - the boundary was built in 1841 as a relief measure to provide respite from the Hungry Forties, and is the Parliamentary Division boundary between Chorley and Blackburn.

The name is derived from the fact that in mediaeval times, the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem used this route when travelling to their holdings in this district.

The ridge provides the peaks that supply the source water to the River Yarrow.

Coordinates: 53°39′07″N 2°31′31″W / 53.6520°N 2.5252°W / 53.6520; -2.5252

Geography of the Borough of Chorley

Towns

Villages

Parishes

Topography

Waterways	Leeds and Liverpool Canal Black Brook Green Withins Brook The Goit R Chor R Lostock R Roddlesworth R Yarrow

Reservoirs	Abbey Village Anglezarke High Bullough Lower Rivington Lower Roddlesworth Rake Brook Upper Rivington Upper Roddlesworth Yarrow

Hills	Grain Pole Hill Great Hill Healey Nab Hurst Hill Noon Hill Rivington Pike Spitlers Edge Winter Hill

Parks	Duxbury Woods Yarrow Valley Park

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