Walking Guides and Trips in Preston
Below are popular Walking guides in Preston that you can use to plan your next adventure. You can download guides, including a detailed map, description and points of interest for a small fee to your iPhone or Android.
Trips
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....
Ribchester Bridge c1789 grade II listedStonyhurst College is an historic building set in a beautiful rural setting. Founded in 1593 it is a co-educational Catholic boarding and day school for pupils 13-18yrs and teaches faithful to the principles of the society of Jesuits.Its alumni include three Saints, twenty-two martyrs, seven archbishops, seven Victoria Cross winners, a Peruvian president, a New Zealand prime minister and a signatory of the American Declaration of Independence.Dutton...
This route takes in Avenham and Miller Parks and both banks of the River Ribble crossing this at London Road and Penwortham Bridges.Avenham and Miller parks were created in 1860's when the area was suffering a cotton famine due to the American Civil War. Funds were provided by Joseph Livesey who was born in Walton-le-Dale. He was a newspaper editor, philanthropist and social reformer. He is best known as a founding member...
This route follows the Millennium Ribble Link, crosses Ashton and Lea golf course, down a quite country lane, along the Lancaster Canal, returning via the Millennium Link a distance of 5.9 miles, less if other options are taken.The Millennium Ribble Link was opened in July 2002 and follows the course of Savick Brook which was deepened and widened. It was the first inland waterway to be opened for 100yrs. and is 4...
The Preston Guild Wheel is a 21 mile walking and cycling route around Preston. The official start/finish is in Avenham Park alongside the River Ribble near the cafe, but you can join at any point. It was conceived as a lasting legacy for the 2012 Preston Guild.The route is mainly off-road, but tarmacked for the majority of the way, enjoying the scenic landscape wherever possible. In these 'wet' times it makes a...
The Guild Wheel route makes the most of the different landscapes that surround the city of Preston, creating a rich and varied environment for everyone to enjoy."Once in a Preston Guild" is a saying uniquely peculiar to the residents of Lancashire and used in conversations where reference is made to something that happens exceptionally infrequently. For Preston Guild is only celebrated at twenty-year intervals. It could be said that it takes that...
