The tower on Hartshead Pike is a well-known local landmark. It overlooks Ashton and is visible from many surrounding areas. It is a popular destination for afternoon strolls and the tower once housed a refreshment shop.
The Pike
The Pike
Me at the door
My dad and me at the entrance
Bottom floor fire place
Stairsway leading up to the 1st floor
Looking back down the stairway
fisrt floor fire place
Looking up the chimney
My dad and me stood each side off the stairway with a stone walkway above
My dad stood on the stone platform
A view from the second floor bricked up window
could not get up to the third floor
the stairs seem to have been bricked up
a view from inside looking right up to the top off the pike
Me and my dad stood on the real pike
this was the first one built
in 1751 but was struck by lightning and split into two
The tower was rebuilt in 1863 by John Eaton, a little south of the earlier structure, to mark the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra of Denmark. The land on which the tower stands was given to the town by Lord Stamford, who also gave the stone for the tower's construction to the present day where it stands high on the hills
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