Moorland · Darwen
Darwen Moor
Open moorland above Darwen and Tockholes.
- Terrain
- Moorland
- Contour interval
- 5
Map preview
Live view from RouteGadget — click and drag to pan, scroll to zoom. PFO doesn't host the map itself; it's loaded from RouteGadget where the surveyors have agreed to public display.
Why is the map shown via RouteGadget?
PFO doesn't display orienteering maps on this site because they're derived from Ordnance Survey data under licence restrictions. The map above is loaded from RouteGadget, which already has permission from the surveyors to display each map publicly. We're just embedding their viewer — the map content isn't hosted here.
Important: possession or existence of a map does not imply right of access to the area for orienteering or for any other purpose. Permission must be obtained from the landowner.
Darwen moor provides challenging orienteering across rough open, exposed moorland
Access
Parking available near in Tockholes village to the west of the area, or in Darwen to the east