Quarrying was also an important activity, with the village being situated immediately to the north of the workings on Musbury Heights.

Great ingenuity was displayed in covering traces of the distilling operations, and many of the successful prosecutions appear to be the result of 'tip-offs' after village disputes.

At first they found nothing, but eventually - after three days - they uncovered hidden rooms and underground chambers and pipework dedicated to the distilling.

There is a story that the daughter of a weaving family often delivered Grane whisky to a Haslingden hotel by donkey.

She would fill a hollow metal saddle with three or four gallons of the liquid concealed beneath bales of woven cloth.

Something similar was used by a man at Haslingden Fair, where he wore a metal waist coat containing a quantity of Grane whisky.

The construction of Ogden Reservoir to provide a reliable water supply to the rapidly expanding industrial populations by the Bury & District Joint Water Board in 1900, which required the purchase of land, mills and homes began the virtual depopulation of the village.

The walk around Ogden Reservoir is particularly popular, with a dedicated car-park, a surfaced path and information boards explaining the existing ruins.

[4] Jamestone Quarry, below Clough Head, is tightly secured, but still draws young people to it in the summer, to swim in its water despite this being dangerous.

A bird hide with disabled access is situated at the Clough Head parking and cafe area.