Riverside Walk OL41 Start Point Distance/Time Terrain Public Transport Key to Facilities Bull Beck Picnic Site on A683 4 Miles Roads, Tracks and Fields

OS Explorer Riverside Walk OL41 Start Point Distance/Time Terrain Public transport Key to Facilities Bull Beck Picnic site on A683 4 Miles Roads, tracks and fields. Bus Services 80, 81, 81A, 81B Post Office, Toilets, Can be wet underfoot. (Lancaster to Kirkby Pub, Shop SD 541 649 2 Hrs Lonsdale/Ingleton)

GPS Waypoints (OS grid refs) N 1 SD 541 649 2 SD 538 649 3 SD 534 648 4 SD 522 647 5 SD 532 655 6 SD 539 652 5

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The route follows the tarmac surfaced 3 GPS: SD 534 648 5 GPS: SD 532 655 Caton and Brookhouse are situated on Lune Millennium Park pathway to the Cross a private road (taking the road to Cross Artle Beck using the new the north-facing slope of the Lune Crook O’Lune picnic area, then back to the left would take you into the centre footbridge, put in to replace the Valley. The villages lie in a scenic area Bull Beck along the bank of the River of Caton village) and continue along the stepping-stones. Do not cross the large near the celebrated Crook O’Lune - Lune over reasonably flat grazed Lune Millennium Park pathway towards British Waterways bridge in front of you, painted by Turner, praised by the poets pastures (which may be damp at times the Crook O’Lune. Just before the river but carry on along the riverbank looking Thomas Gray and William and are susceptible to flooding after take a small path down to the left. up at the windmills on Caton Moor. Wordsworth, and admired by Queen Victoria. heavy rainfall). An interesting detour here is the Crook Continue along the riverbank footpath, round the meander. 1 GPS: SD 541 649 O’Lune picnic site. Stay on the track Caton-with-Littledale Parish contains a Park at Bull Beck Picnic site, just north over the old railway bridge and up the 6 GPS: SD 539 652 wide range of habitats, which are home to a variety of special birds, including east of Caton on the A683. Cross the ramp to your right. Toilets and On reaching a track, leave the river, pass the rare hen harrier, the symbol of the A683 and join the Lune Millennium Park refreshments are available and the view a house on the right and turn left, Forest of Bowland AONB. pathway, heading left. The hawthorn from the picnic site is splendid. On clear rejoining the Lune Millenium Park hedges beside the track have been days, you can see the flat-topped hill of pathway. Follow this tarmac path back Birds to look out for include: traditionally ‘layed’ to provide a durable Ingleborough in the distance. along to the Bull Beck Picnic site. • The kingfisher. If you are very lucky, stock barrier and an excellent habitat 4 GPS: SD 522 647 you may be able to observe the for many birds. Go through the gate and take the small kingfisher perched, waiting motionless 2 GPS: SD 538 649 path down to the river. Cross over a ready to plunge into the water if a Follow this path for 1 mile crossing a wooden footbridge and follow the path small fish swims close. bridge over Artle Beck. Nearby you will round to your right underneath the old • Sand Martins. A large colony of see a stone carving by the artist Colin railway bridge, and over a second these birds use the sandy banks of Wilbourn. footbridge. Then follow the river the River Lune to nest in summer. upstream along the riverbank. In • Oystercatchers, which can been summer, rosebay willow herb (the seen guarding their nests on the ‘railway weed’) and the great hairy shingle beaches during summer willow herb dominate the old railway months. banks. • Goosanders, which are regular visitors to this part of the river, along with swans and numerous types of ▲ Oystercatcher with chick Debbie Yare ducks and geese.