Walking in Lancashire: 40 Walks around the County

by Mary Welsh

Overview

Walking in Lancashire covers the delightful area from the Irish Sea to the Trough of Bowland and from Kirkby Lonsdale in the north to Cliviger in the south. The 40 walks are all circular with one exception and range in length from 8 to 19 km (5 to 13 miles) in length and extend around Cockerham, Lytham, Martin Mere and Croston to the heights of Boulsworth Hill, Ward's Stone, Fair Snape Fell and Pendle Hill. The routes are all are suitable for most walkers as there is a variety of terrain to be explored. Lancashire has a great variety of landscape, ranging from the low lying land around Cockerham, Lytham, Martin Mere and Croston to the heights of Boulsworth Hill, Ward's Stone, Fair Snape Fell and Pendle Hill. Its hedgerows, pastures, riverbanks, hills, moors and shoreline are rich in bird and plant life. Its many picturesque villages are rich too, in fine churches, ancient dwellings, pleasing bridges and interesting legends. Some of the walks are more like gentle strolls that make a good introduction to walking and help the less fit to prepare for more challenging walks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849658232
Publisher:	Cicerone Press
Publication date:	04/30/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Mary Welsh is an award-winning writer of walking books and a travel writer, and has produced more than 35 walking guidebooks, and writes regular columns in magazines and newspapers and for the internet. She has lived in the north of England for nearly 30 years.
Every year hundreds of walkers place themselves in the hands of Mary Welsh. Meet her and it isn't hard to see why,' says Cumbria Life magazine. 'A 60-something, she's enthusiastic, imperturbable and, above all, considerate, someone you would happily rely on'. Mary is a travel writer and an award-winning writer of walking books, having produced more that 40 walking guides. She writes regular columns in magazines and newspapers and for the internet. She has lived in the north of England for nearly 30 years, after a childhood spent in rural Hertfordshire where she was educated and after which she went on to take a degree in biology in London. Lancashire has provided her with some magnificent countryside and wonderful hidden corners to enjoy, where the noise of modern-day life does not impinge, and she hopes that you too will appreciate its many unexpected pleasures. Sadly Mary died in early 2017.

Table of Contents

The Walks Silverdale Warton Crag and Leighton Moss Arkholme and Gressingham Nether Burrow and Leck Kirkby Lonsdale and Whittington Crook of Lune and Aughton Hornby and Melling Low Bentham Sunderland Point Glasson and the Lancaster Canal Cockerham and Cockersand Abbey Abbeystead and Dolphinholme Tarnbrook and Marshaw Wyre Clougha Pike Ward's Stone, Bowland Slaidburn Bolton-by-Bowland Dunsop Bridge, Bowland Whitewell, Bowland Garstang and Nicky Nook Garstang and Cabus Nook Knott End-on-Sea and Preesall Skippool Creek, Wyre Estuary Bleasdale Fells Hurst Green and Cromwell Bridge Whalley Downham Weets Hill, Barnoldswick Wycoller and Boulsworth Hill Pendle Hill Chipping and Dinkling Green Longridge Fell Ribchester Lytham Croston and the Rufford branch of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Martin Mere and Mere Sands Wood Parbold and the Leeds-Liverpool Canal Darwen Moor, Jubilee Tower and the Witton Weavers Way Thieveley Pike, Cliviger Gorge Hurstwood and Worsthorne Moor