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

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   

Seasons

All seasons, but suitable gear required on the tops in winter or bad weather

Centres

Caton, Dunsop Bridge, Slaidburn, Whaley, Clitheroe, Chipping, Sawley, Bolton-by-Bowland, Downham

Difficulty

Suitable for competent walkers. Navigational skills required. Some walks are on farily remote moorland.

Must See

The Lune and Hodder valleys, open moors and the view from Clougha Pike, Sawley Abbey, tales of witches, and historic villages like Downham, Hurst Green and Waddington

As well as including details of the appropriate Ordnance Survey map(s), each walk is supported by a map outlining the route. In the main you will need three OS maps, or the new walking and cycling map from Harvey Maps:

•    OL21: South Pennines
•    OL41: Forest of Bowland and Ribblesdale
•    Explorer 287: West Pennine Moors
•    Harvey Maps: Forest of Bowland

December 2021

2022 reprint route updates

April 2021

Walk 33

March 2018

Route Updates

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