A guidebook to 40 circular walks in in two of Lancashire's largest Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the Forest of Bowland, an area of 310 square miles, and the 'bewitching' countryside of Pendle to the south. The walks range between 3 and 12.5 miles in length and are all illustrated with extracts of OS mapping.
The diverse range of routes include four Marilyns - Ward's Stone, Pendle Hill, Longridge Fell and Fair Snape Fell. The walks are spread across the region, with bases including Caton, Dunsop Bridge, Slaidburn, Clitheroe and Pendle. All the walks are punctuated with snippets of information on the natural and cultural history of the region, from witches to wildlflowers.
The Forest of Bowland and Pendle provide vastly differing terrain - from the lush farmlands of the Ribble valley to the more rugged rough pastures of the Forest of Bowland uplands and the huge boggy uplifts of the main Bowland massif itself.
Walking in the Forest of Bowland and Pendle : 40 walks in Lancashire's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Description
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Beginnings of Lancashire
Areas Covered in this Guidebook
Notes and Advice for Walkers
Lune Valley
1 Crook o' Lune and Caton
2 Crook o' Lune-Aughton-Hawkshead
3 Annas Ghyll and Forge Mill
4 Littledale
5 Ward's Stone from Littledale
Northwest and Western Moors
6 Clougha Pike
7 Ward's Stone from Tarnbrook
8 Abbeystead Reservoirs
9 Over Wyresdale
10 Hawthornthwaite Fell Top
11 Scorton, Nicky Nook and Grize Dale
12 Calder Vale
13 Brock Mill and Beacon Fell
14 Parlick and Fair Snape Fell
Central Moors
15 Langden Round
16 Brennand and Whitendale
17 Whitendale and Croasdale
Hodder Valley
18 Longridge Fell
19 Whitewell and the River Hodder
20 Dunsop Bridge and Hodder Bank Fell
21 Dunsop Bridge and Mellor Knoll
22 Gisburn Forest
23 Stocks Reservoir
24 Bowland Knotts
25 Slaidburn and Newton
Ribble Valley
26 Bradford Fell
27 Hurst Green and the Ribble Way
28 Great Mitton and the Ribble Way
29 Sawley and the Ribble
30 Waddington and West Bradford
31 Bolton-by-Bowland
Pendle
32 Sabden and Spence Moor
33 Whalley and the River Calder
34 Around Downham
35 Downham and Twiston
36 Pendle Hill from Downham
37 Pendle Hill from Barley
38 Black Moss Reservoirs and Twiston Moor
39 Ogden and Newchurch
40 Salterforth, Weets Hill and White Moor
APPENDIX
Route Summary Table
Index
Author Description
Terry Marsh specialises in the outdoors, the countryside, walking and travel worldwide. He is author of 40+ books including the award-winning Cicerone guides to the Northern Coast to Coast Walk (1994 and 2003) and the Shropshire Way (1999), and guides to the Pennine Way, the Dales Way, the Severn Way and the West Highland Way.