Eccles Pike this name relates to the town on the other side of Manchester famous for its currant cakes. The Eccles Pike Fell Race is reputedly one of the oldest fell races in the country, dating back to the beginning of the century. It is renowned for being short, tough and demanding. At the top of the hill is a commemorative plaque known as a topograph, showing a 360° relief of the surrounding landscape. Eccles Pike Eccles Pike is an isolated hill three miles to the west of Chapel en le Frith in the Derbyshire Peak District. It consists of gritstone, pink
Eccles Shorrock Darwen. Today Shorrock's India Mill building might be his biggest legacy. Still standing, with its tall chimney, it is a constant reminder of Darwen's industrial prosperity and heritage. The India Mill building today is privately owned and leases out spaces for local enterprises to carry out their business. Eccles Shorrock Eccles Shorrock (born Eccles Shorrock Ashton) (1827 – 1889) was a Lancashire cotton industrialist who was responsible for commissioning the India Mill and its iconic chimney, a major landmark in Darwen, Lancashire. Shorrock was born Eccles Shorrock Ashton to Thomas Ashton and Mary Ashton in Clitheroe, Lancashire and named after