Below is a list locations we have used together with the walks that have taken place from each starting point.
STARTING POINT |
GRID REF |
WALK |
DISTANCE |
ASCENT |
DATE |
GROUP |
| Abbeystead, Stoops Bridge | SD 564544 | An interesting walk taking in the Weir at Abbeystead Reservoir, The Shepherd’s Church and the memorial to the Abbeystead disaster of 1984. | 4.6 mls | 500 ft | 04/09/19 | Leisurely |
| Ainsdale, Shore Road, outside Pontins | SD 299128 | From Ainsdale, walk round back of Pontins to pick up a path through the dunes to the pine woods, then to pick up track next to railway. Then follow the Fishermans Path, and turn south roughly parallel to the beach to follow the path to near the caravan park. Then onto beach to walk back to Ainsdale. | 9 mls | 200 ft | 22/01/20 | Moderate |
| Barrowford Heritage centre | SD 863398 | Heritage Centre, Gisburn Road, Pasture Ln, West Pasture, through fields to the west end of Roughlee, for a coffee break, through Roughlee passing the statue of Alice Nutter, path by Pendle Water, Barrowford. | 5.4 mls | 500 ft | 13/11/19 | Leisurely |
| Barnacre Church | SD 514460 | Birks Farm, Burns Quarry Wood, Moor House, Lower Cottage, Kelbrick Farm, Calder Vale, Heald Farm, Clarkson’s Farm, Barnacre Church | 4.9 mls | 650 ft | 18/09/19 | Leisurely |
| Beetham, Heron Corn Mill car park | SD 496799 | An Interesting walks from Beetham taking in woodland with slippery limestone paving, a dismantled coastal railway and a deer park. | 8 / 11 mls |
800 / |
27/10/19 | Moderate/ Strenuous |
| Borrowdale | NY 606148 | Whinfell Beacon, Mabbin Crag, Ashtead Fell, Breasthigh Road, Whinash, Winterscleugh, Roundthwaite, Lune Bridge, Salterwath Bridge | 13.4 mls | 2,700 ft | 03/11/19 | Strenuous |
| Burnbanks | NY 508161 | Harper Hills, The Old Corpse Road, Selside, Branstree, Gatescarth Pass, Mardale Head, Haweswater | 14 mls | 2,800 ft | 18/08/19 | Strenuous |
| Burton in Kendal, Plain Quarry car park | SD 552761 | From the car park, walked NE to the hamlet of Hutton Roof, then to Newbiggin and to Badger Gate (lunch on bridge over Lupton Beck). Continue via Sealford Lane and Gallowber Lane to Hutton Roof and then back to the car park. | 8 mls | 900 ft | 26/02/20 | Moderate |
| Buttermere, Newlands Road | NY 177171 | Lake Buttermere, Fleetwith Pike, Honister Quarries | 12.5 mls | 2,600 ft | 01/09/19 | Strenuous |
| Calder Vale | SD 533458 | From the Calder Vale, to Sullom Side, Sandholme Mill, Claughton Cross, Cobble Hey, Landskill, Stang Yule, Calder Vale Church, return to Calder Vale. | 8 mls | 750 ft | 08/01/20 | Moderate |
| Chipping car park | SD 622433 | Fell Foot, Parlick, Fair Snape Fell | 8 mls | 900 ft | 23/10/19 | Moderate |
| Chorley, Duxbury Hall | SD 587151 | Duxbury Woods, Grundy’s Lane, South Lodge, Martins Avenue, Leeds Liverpool Canal, Hogg’s Lane, Yarrow Bridge, Duxbury Mill, North Lodge | 5.2 mls | Little | 15/09/19 | Moderate |
| Cottam, Ancient Oak, Merrytrees Lane | SD 505232 | Cottam Hall, Lancaster Canal, Millenium Link, Cottam Hall Brickworks, Haslam Park, Ingol Golf Course, Cottam Hall Lane. | 5 mls | 30 ft | 22/01/20 | Leisurely |
| Dolphinholme, The Fleece | SD 564544 | The walk was along minor roads, tracks and through fields. None of the fields had been cut since the reccy due to the spell of rainy weather during the previous two weeks so they were hard work to cross. There was plenty of water going over the weir and lower falls though | 5 mls | 400 ft | 04/09/19 | Leisurely |
| Dolphinholme Village Hall | SD 517534 | Harrisend Fell and Wyresdale Lakes | 8 mls | 900 ft | 17/11/19 | Moderate |
| Dunsop Bridge car park | SD 661501 | From the car park, walked up track to Beatrix (Farm), then over fields to Gamble Hole Farm and then to Newton - for lunch. Continued by River Hodder to Giddy Bridge and by Lower Thorneyholme back to the car park. | 7.7 mls | 800 ft | 11/03/20 | Moderate |
| Grimsargh Village Green | SD 582345 | Haighton House, Haighton Manor, Cow Hill Lane, Londonderry Bridge, Fulwood Park Wood, Masons Wood, Preston Golf Course, Preston Guild Wheel, Red Scar, Tun Brook Wood, Grimsargh. | 9 mls | 134 ft | 26/11/20 | Moderate |
| Haigh Hall car park | SD 597088 | Sennicar Lane, Leeds Liverpool Canal, Former Lancashire Union Railway, Arley Lane, Hall and Woods, Worthington Lakes, Adlington Common, Aberdeen Bridge and Farm, Little Scotland, Freezeland Farm, Haigh. | 8.5 mls | 600 ft | 28/08/19 | Moderate |
| Higher Hodder Bridge | SD 697411 | High Hodder Bridge, Over Hacking, Hodder Place, Cromwells Bridge, Stoneyhurst College, Stoneyhurst Golf Course, Deer House Wood, Greengore, Crowshaw House, Kemple Lane, Birdy Brow. | 8.4 mls | 340 ft | 02/02/20 | Moderate |
| Hoghton, Level Crossing, Station Road | SD 609268 | From Station Rd, alongside railway going east, to the boundaries of Hoghton Tower, to Bolton Hall, decend to River Darwen, (to observe new pond - that should be a short term feature), to Samlesbury Bottoms (weir), then climb to Blakey Hey (bad footpath), Higher Barn, Coupe Green, return to start. | 7.5 mls | 700 ft | 25/09/19 | Moderate |
| Jubilee Tower | SD 541573 | From Jubilee Tower, climbed to Grit Fell, descended on shooters track to Higher Lees, then on field paths to Meeting House Farm (well named for this is where the Quakers met), continue to Low Moor Farm and then back to Jubilee Tower. | 8 mls | 1,20 ft | 30/10/19 | Moderate |
| Kettlewell | SD 968723 | Top Mere Road, Tor Dike, Great Whernside, Conistone Pie, Dales Way | 14.5 mls | 2,300 ft | 15/09/19 | Strenuous |
| Longridge Golf Club | SD 625390 |
Club Christmas Walk & Dinner Group 4: Forty Acre Lane, Cardwell House, Gannow Fell, Spire Hill, Weedacre Farm, Jeffrey Hill, Forty Acre Lane Group 5: Forty Acre Lane, Carwell House, New Drop Inn, Cuckoo Hall, Reservoir, Forty Acre Lane |
8 mls _ |
900 ft | 15/12/19 | Combined |
| Morecambe, old station car park | SD 428643 | Bus from Morecambe, Carnforth, Warton, Lancashire Coastal Way, Hest Bank, Bare | 9.5 mls | Nil | 25/08/19 | Moderate |
| New Dungeon Ghyll car park | NY 294064 | Around Lingmoor | 10 mls | 2,200 ft | 10/01/20 | Strenuous |
| Old Dungeon Ghyll car park | NY 286061 | Old Dungeon Ghyll, Side Pike, Lingmoor Fell, Blea Tarn, Castle Howe, Little Langdale Tarn, Slater Bridge, Sawreys Wood, Chapel Stile, Cumbria Way. | 9.2 mls | 1,000 ft | 11/09/19 | Moderate |
| Penwortham Cemetary | SD 524280 | Avenham & Miller Parks, Winckley Square, Preston Junction and Bee Lane at Penwortham | 5.5 mls | 300 ft | 04/03/20 | Leisurely |
| Plough at Eaves | SD 563543 | Cuddy Hill, Hallowforth, Moons Bridge, Higher Park Head | 4.5 mls | 150 ft | 14/08/19 | Leisurley |
| Rivington Hall Bar (Upper) | SD 632145 | Fields, moorland and woodland paths, plus country lanes. It has been a wet Autumn, but the route selected avoided locations known to be potentially muddy. | 8.25 mls | 1,000 ft | 27/12/19 | Moderate |
| Ryal Fold | SD 665215 | From the Ryal Fold, into Roddleworth Woods, Lower Roddlesworth Farm, Lower Roddlesworth Resr, Higher Roddleswoth Resr, Dean Lane, Darwen Golf Course, Sunnyhurst Woods, Higher Wenshead, return to Ryal Fold. | 8.25 mls | 1,000 ft | 27/11/19 | Moderate |
| Scout Scar car park | SD 488924 | The Mushroom, Hodgsons Leap, Serpentine Wood, Kendal Fell, Kettlewell Crag, Hellsfell Nab, Cunswick Fell | 8 mls | 450 ft | 23/02/20 | Moderate |
| Silverdale, Eaves Wood | SD 472759 | From Eaves Wood, climb to the Pepperpot (monument at top of wood), descend to the Cove, into Silverdale Village, then to Jenny Browns Point, Scout Wood, The Row and return to start. | 6.5 mls | 600 ft | 09/10/19 | Moderate |
| Todmorden car park | SD 937245 | Todmorden Centenary Way Stage 1 | 12 mls | 2,300 ft | 05/01/20 | Strenuous |
| Todmorden car park | SD 937245 | Todmorden Centenary Way Stage 2 | 13 mls | 2,700 ft | 12/01/20 | Strenuous |
| Todmorden car park | SD 937245 | Todmorden Centenary Way Stage 3 | 12 mls | 1,750 ft | 02/02/20 | Strenuous |
| Tockholes | SD 665214 | Darwen Moor | 8 mls | 950 ft | 24/11/19 | Moderate |
| Waddington, St Helen's Church | SD 728438 | West Bradford, Knuck Knowles, Brungerly Bridge, Waddow Hall, Twitter Lane | 4.25 mls | 320 ft | 02/10/19 | Leisurely |
| Wheelton, Top Lock | SD 593213 | Lower Copthurst, Whittle le-Woods, Lisieux Hall Buckshaw (Mound), Whittle le Woods, Johnson's Hillock | 5.4 mls | 315 ft | 21/08/19 | Leisurely |
| Wheelton, The Houghton Arms | SD 629245 | Lark Hill, Oak Royal Golf Club, Moss Side Farm, Snape’s Heights, Ollerton Fold and Laund Fold | 4.7 mls | 400 ft | 11/09/19 | Leisurely |
| White Coppice Cricket Club car park | SD 619190 | Drinkwaters, Great Hill, Spitlers Edge, Horden Stoops, Pigeon Tower, Rivington Pike, Terraced Gardens, Rivington, Upper Rivington Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, Heapey Fold Lane, Healey Nab | 13 mls | 1,750 ft | 08/03/20 | Strenuous |
| Wray East End, by New Bridge B6480 | SD 606675 | Helks Brow Wray, Pike Gill Wood, Outhwaite, Wray Wood Moor, Harterbeck, Pedder Gill, Lower Salter, Barkin Bridge, Barkin Gate Wood, Outhwaite Wood, Kitten Bridge | 8 mls | 1,000 ft | 18/08/19 | Moderate |