Walks in Forest of Bowland

Guidebook to the Forest of Bowland, perhaps the best walking in Lancashire. 30 walks throughout the Forest, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, including the gentle foothills in the south and north, on top of the moors and in the valleys.

Walks in Forest of Bowland

30 short walks in an area of outstanding natural beauty

Author

Jack Keighley

Cover

Paperback - Wirobound

Edition

First

ISBN_13

9781852842512

Availability

Reprinted

Price

£5.99

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Sample Routes (2)

Seasons

All year round, but can be tougher on a cold and blustery winter’s day.

Centres

Cornered by Preston, Lancaster and Skipton, there are only small hamlets on the moor itself. Clitheroe, Gisburn, Settle, Bentham (High and Low) are the closest spots.

Difficulty

Easier walks, even when they take in high moorland. 5-10 miles long, so give half- or full-day outings.

Must See

The wild central part of the moor, Chipping village, and views to the Lakes, Dales and out over the Irish Sea.

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30: Luneside Paths

7 ¼ miles

Parking at Crook o’Lune Picnic Site, signposted from the A683 just W of Caton. Map ref: 521 648

Go down path from front corner of car park (FP to Picnic Site). Take 3rd path on L (down steps - SP Lune Valley Ramble). Keep R at fork to gate and riverside path. Just beyond a weir the path crosses a stile into woodland.
On leaving wood bear slightly L across field to footbridge, then pass waterworks bridge to stile into woodland.
Leave wood at a stile and turn R to follow river bank around a huge bend.
Turn L (wm) to pass to R of barn and on to gate/stile. Bear R, skirting edge of depression, then head towards roof of distant barn to eventually re-join river bank.
At a gate/stile (wm) join a cart-track. After passing buildings it becomes a steeply rising tarmac lane. Straight on at village crossroads.
Turn L over iron ladder-stile (FP sign) and pass RH end of hedge to gate/stile (wm). Climb to iron ladder-stile (80yds to R of wood) then on to iron ladder-stile to L of farm. Follow fence/hedge on R to next farm.
Middle Highfield is a complicated hotch-potch, and finding your way through it is no mean feat. Enter the yard, pass in front of the house and go through the gate adjoining its corner. Go forward to a stone stile to pass immediately to the R of the second house. Climb another stone stile, then turn L to pass around the LH end of the buildings. Turn R down to a gate set at right-angles to a high wall.
Follow wall forward, over ladder-stile (wm), through gate (wm) in hedge and down field to gate (wm) at its bottom LH corner.
Descend to farmyard, turn L (wm) down to gate (wm), then on through gateway to swing-gate (wm) into wood. Follow clear path through wood to swing-gate (wm).
Go to hedge-corner (wm) and follow hedge forward.
At stone stile (wm) go through hedge and turn L down to stile at RH end of building. Turn R down farm road.
Turn L along tarmac lane.
Turn L along road, and after about 200yds forsake the narrow pavement in favour of a grass path running behind the wall all the way back to the car park.