Walking in the Forest of Bowland and Pendle. Terry Marsh

      A writer and photographer since 1980, Terry Marsh specialises in the outdoors, the countryside, walking and travel worldwide. He is the author of over 70 books, including the award-winning Cicerone guides to the Northern Coast to Coast Walk (1994) and the Shropshire Way (1999), as well as guidebooks to the Pennine Way, the Severn Way and the West Highland Way.

      Terry has a particular interest in Cumbria and the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, Lancashire, the Peak District, the Scottish islands (especially the Isle of Skye) and the Isle of Man. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA Scot), and a Member of the Society of Authors, MENSA, the NUJ and an honorary life member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild. He has an MA in Lake District Studies.

      Terry is also interested in France, Australia, Ireland, Madeira, the Azores and food and wine.

      Other Cicerone guides by the author

      A Northern Coast to Coast Walk

      Geocaching in the UK

      Great Mountain Days in Snowdonia

      Great Mountain Days in the Pennines

      The Coast to Coast Walk

      The Dales Way

      The Isle of Man

      The Isle of Mull

      The Isle of Skye

      The Severn Way

      The West Highland Way

      Walking on the West Pennine Moors

      © Terry Marsh 2008

      First edition 2008

      ISBN-13: 978 185284 515 5

      Reprinted 2011, 2014 and 2018 (with updates)

      Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      All photographs are by the author

       © Crown copyright 2014. OS PU100012932.

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      Front cover: Lush farmland around Pendle

      CONTENTS

       Map key

       Overview map

       Introduction

       The Beginnings of Lancashire

       Areas Covered in this Guidebook

       Notes and Advice for Walkers

       Lune Valley

       Walk 1 Crook o’ Lune and Caton

       Walk 2 Crook o’ Lune–Aughton–Hawkshead

       Walk 3 Annas Ghyll and Forge Mill

       Walk 4 Littledale

       Walk 5 Ward’s Stone from Littledale

       Northwest and Western Moors

       Walk 6 Clougha Pike

       Walk 7 Ward’s Stone from Tarnbrook

       Walk 8 Abbeystead Reservoirs

       Walk 9 Over Wyresdale

       Walk 10 Hawthornthwaite Fell Top

       Walk 11 Scorton, Nicky Nook and Grize Dale

       Walk 12 Calder Vale

       Walk 13 Brock Mill and Beacon Fell

       Walk 14 Parlick and Fair Snape Fell

       Central Moors

       Walk 15 Langden Round

       Walk 16 Brennand and Whitendale

       Walk 17 Whitendale and Croasdale

       Hodder Valley

       Walk 18 Longridge Fell

       Walk 19 Whitewell and the River Hodder

       Walk 20 Dunsop Bridge and Hodder Bank Fell

       Walk 21 Dunsop Bridge and Mellor Knoll

       Walk 22 Gisburn Forest

       Walk 23 Stocks Reservoir

       Walk 24 Bowland Knotts

       Walk 25 Slaidburn and Newton

       Ribble Valley

       Walk 26 Bradford Fell

       Walk 27 Hurst Green and the Ribble Way