Walking Guides and Trips in Lancashire
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Trips
Route found in "Lancashire Walks", from Jarrold.
Route found in "Lancashire Walks", from Jarrold.
There's a lot to explore & a lot of history around here, here goes. The terraced gardens were layed out in 1905 by Thomas Mawson - landscape architect who was based in Windermere but was born in Scorton - on behalf of William Hesketh of Port Sunlight fame. The area covers 45 acres & includes terraced walkways, ornamental pools, a Japanese garden, stone footbridges & abandoned buildings - just explore. Some of...
This is prime J.R.R. Tolkien country - the author of the epic "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy which was completed over the course of some 16 years, and published in 1954/55. J.R.R. Tolkien, his wife and other children, regularly stayed at a guest house in the grounds belonging to Stonyhurst College.Other points of interest are -Hacking Hall - The de Hacking family occupied this site from at least 1200, until it...
The Longton Brickcroft Nature Reserve occupies the site of the former 'Bentley Brickworks' which closed in the early 1960's and consits of three ponds left from the extraction of the clay. The visitor centre was opened in May 1993. The route crosses and recrosses the line of the old Preston - Southport railway line ( WLR - West Lancashire Railway) opened in 1882 which had its own...
Starting from the picnic car park following the Lune Ramble upstream to Aughton (pronounced "Afton"), which in 1971 resurrected the old tradition of baking a giant plum pudding. This occurs every 21yrs !!! Next due in 2013! It was cooked in a container measuring six feet by 2 feet and weights around 7190lbs.The return is at higher level with splendid views over the Lune Valley to the Ingleborough Fells, Claughton Moor and...
Starts at Whalley Abbey a 14th century Cicernian Abbey which now is a conference house and great B&B - reasonable rates! It belongs to the Blackburn Diocess. Spring Wood is an ancient woodland ie. and has been in since before 1600. Best visited in May when carpeted in bluebells.Clerk Hill is a spur off Pendle Hill and there has been a house here since before 1553.Read Hall was owned by the Nowell...
Nicky Nook is located at the western extremity of the Bowland Fells just before the Forton Services on the M6 (c.1962) travelling north.There are fine views of the coastal plane and beyond. Adjacent is the valley of Grizedale ( reservoir c. 1866) and the reservoirs at Barnacre created to provide water for the Fylde.Scorton is a dry village ie. no pub,on account of the contrivance of the Lord of the Manor and...
A bright blustery day. Got off the bus at its teminus in Belmont and walked over to Brinscall and got the bus back. The moors are very dry. There's been hardly any rain for months now. Resevoirs are low. Walking on these small hills on the very western edge of the Pennine moors is no great challenge. The hills are low, the slopes gentle. But the view are great. As you...
A bright sunny day, I'd nothing better to do so I went for a walk along the Monton Loop Line, the track of the old rail line from Eccles to Wigan and Bolton. Back through Worsley Wood and along the Bridgewater canal.
Clowbridge Reservoir is adjacent to the Burnley Millennium Forest known as the Dunnockshaw Community Woodland.The reservoir is home to the Rossendale Valley Sailing Club - dinghy sailing, windsurfing. United Utilities and Lancashire CC have invested in the area to provide access to the numerous bridleways and footpaths that criss-cross the moors.On Gambleside Moor are a number of ancient crosses erected in the 13th century marking ancient tracks which were later used as...
A lovely bright, warm breezy June day. Got off the bus just above Darwen, walked over the moors to Roddlesworth and back into Darwen centre through Sunnyhurst Woods. Part of the way following a path in an old book by Jessica Lofthouse. Not much has changed in the 50 or 60 years since her book was written though she recommends all sorts of tea rooms selling jugs of tea and sandwiches and...
A damp overcast autumn day. What could be better for a walk across Chat Moss the flat, boggy semi-urban, semi-rural landscape on the Western edge of Salford? The Moss is fascinating. The flat boggy land extends a long way to the west of the Manchester conurbation. The original Manchester to Liverpool railway crossed it ony with some difficulty. The story is that bales of cotton were sunk into the bog to provide...
Silverdale used to be a popular bathing resort in the 1840's (and could still be with today's weather), but the growth of the salt-marsh saw its end. A walk along the base of the cliffs used to be on turf but due to erosion is not as easy.The cliff at Jack Scout Cove ( Cows Mouth) is the only sea rock climbing area in Lancashire. The headland at Jack Scout belongs to...
A roundabout route to cross and re-cross the 'River Hodder' via 'stepping stones' -locally known as 'hipping stones' - which are hidden from view and which may be unknown to alot of people who visit the 'Bowland' area. Also to investigate an 'access area' previously unknown to me!Latin inscription at 'Stakes Farm' translates as - "Now mine, presently his, Afterwards I know not whose,Yet to be born,Spring forth."Details about 'The Inn at...
Although not including all of Preston's seven parks, this walk does give the flavour of 'Grange Park', 'Eaves Brook Linear Park', 'Moor Park', 'Haslem Park' and 'Ashton Park'.It also takes in part of 'The Ribble Way' and the under construction 'Brockhole Wildlife Trust' site.The only urban sections are between 'Moor Park' and 'Haslem Park', but good use is made of the 'Lancaster Canal'.Public transport was used to reach start and finish points....
