Walking in the Forest of Bowland and Pendle: 40 walks in Lancashire's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

by Terry Marsh

Overview

A guidebook to 40 circular walks in Lancashire’s Forest of Bowland National Landscape, including Pendle. Exploring the beautiful scenery of both the moors and the Lune, Hodder and Ribble Valleys, there are routes for all abilities, from shorter low-level walks to longer, more strenuous outings.

The walks, accessible from Lancaster, Clitheroe and Slaidburn, range from 5 to 20km (3–13 miles).

• 1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk (reproduced at 1:60,000)
• Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket
• Route summary table and overview information make it easy to choose an appropriate route
• Local points of interest

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849655330
Publisher:	Cicerone Press
Publication date:	02/15/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

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.
Lancashire-born writer and photographer Dr Terry Marsh specialises in the outdoors and travel. He has been writing guidebooks since the mid-1980s, and is the author or revision author/editor of over 100 titles, including the award-winning Cicerone guides to the Coast to Coast Walk (first published in 1993), The Shropshire Way (1999) and Great Mountain Days in the Pennines (2013). Terry has a long-standing interest in Cumbria and the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. Academically, he is an historical geographer holding a Master of Arts degree with Distinction in Lake District Studies and a PhD in Historical Geography. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) and a Life Member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild (www.owpg.org.uk).

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