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Saturday 10th to Sunday 18th August 57 guided walks in some of ’s most beautiful countryside, from the easy to the challenging.

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Packed lunch Please bring a packed lunch.

Country Pub We will visit one of our country pubs for a refreshment break during the walk.

Cafe We will stop at a cafe for light refreshments during the walk.

Family Friendly Walks These walks will include games, stories or “treasure” hunts to help children engage with the natural world and local history.

Dogs welcome Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome. Dogs are not allowed on walks not showing this symbol.

Booking essential Booking on these walks via www. visitpendle.com is essential. See further information on page 3.

Up and Active Walks These walks are included in a programme of walks which take place throughout the year. There is no need to book if you are a regular Up and Active walker. To find out more about Up and Active Walks in Pendle please visit www. upandactive.co.uk

Welcome to one of the UK’s largest walking festivals! The annual Pendle Walking Festival has put the area firmly on the map. It’s a fantastic place to walk and enjoy some Follow us on facebook of the most stunning countryside views in the Follow us or Tweet us @VisitPendle north of .

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In this year’s festival we you go! As we also the feature Hill where George Fox had his have 57 varied walks to one of our newer walks, the five vision in 1652. choose from and expert mile East Way. local guides eager to A number of our walks Alongside our more challenging introduce our area’s radical share them with you. walks, there are plenty of easy thinkers, including the Sabden family strolls for those who Chartists and Jonas Moore. This year we are launching prefer them. Why not make your Affectionately known as the the event at the Pendle own mini-challenge and go on Father of Time,17th century Heritage Centre in . all the walks throughout the mathematician Sir Jonas Formerly the family home of event to Pendle’s five Nature Moore, played a pivotal role the Bannister family, amongst Reserves? They are only a in establishing the Royal whose sons was the famous couple of miles each. Observatory at Greenwich and four minute miler Sir Roger Greenwich Mean Time. Bannister. It is also the start and A number of our walks feature end point of the . one of Lancashire’s most iconic From radical thinkers to Why not challenge yourself on natural landmarks, Pendle radical writers, a number of this 45 mile walk around the Hill. The hill has inspired our walks feature the paths district from Monday to Friday... many, including George Fox, around Wycoller, including the we even give you Wednesday the founder of the Quaker Brontë and Ferndean Ways. off for a break! movement. Its importance has These follow in the footsteps of been recognised by a National the literary giants, the Brontë Another of our challenge walks Lottery Heritage funded project sisters, and take in the waterfall is on the edge of the to maintain and enhance it. of Lumb Spout and intriguing Dales. The less well known 26 Part of that project will bring stories, such as Foster mile West Way follows out the special character of the Cunliffe’s dramatic leap across the beautiful contours of this area’s history of radical thinkers, giant boulders there. Another ancient landscape, with plenty through the creation of a Pendle walk covers Wycoller’s famous of historic finds along the way, Radicals Trail and a Quaker eight bridges, including an including an old Roman road. walk from Pendle to Downham ancient bridge dating back to We might as well say A-Way including the summit of Pendle the Iron Age.

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Walking Festival A5 booklet 2019 5 09/05/2019 16:19 Radical thinking also brought Easy lease leave sufficient tie to the countryside nearer to the gentle slopes and no stiles walk a little to the start of each common man, as the setting (1–4 miles) walk if reuired. up of the Clarion Houses tried Moderate to bring fresh air and recreation gentle slopes and some stiles How to book on bookable to people working long hours (1–6 miles) walks in the Lancashire mills. One Hard Please book in advance so of our routes takes in the only some difficult terrain and hilly that we can place a limit on the remaining Clarion House in the sections (1–9 miles) numbers attending each walk country. Very Hard and avoid over-large groups longer walks with varied terrain on popular walks. This helps Less radical than you might (10+ miles) to improve the safety and imagine, but certainly enjoyment of everyone taking striking a dischord amongst What to bring on the walk art ou can find the recise establishent figures, were the Please wear suitable footwear link to each bookable walk at . This group and clothing for outdoor www.visitpendle.com/walks. of mainly local women were walking. Pendle’s weather Simply click on the link for the involved in the country’s largest can be wet so please bring walk which you want to book witchcraft trial over 4 years waterproofs. It’s important onto. All walks are free apart ago in 1612. Their grim true to remember to bring food from those where we provide story is told on a number of and plenty of water. More transport by coach. walks. information on walking safely is available from www.ramblers. The Pendle Way We’ve plenty of options that org.uk under the advice We will be completing our will appeal to people of all section. agshi walk, the ile ages from short, easy walks to Pendle Way, over four days with something more strenuous and Website & Social Media the resentation of certificates everything in between. We’ve for those who complete the such variety why not take a entire walk. There is a charge look through our programme The festival programme for this walk because we and pick your favourites! is available as a download at provide coach transport for www.visitpendle.com each day’s walk. The cost of The Festival Launch completing the full walk is 6, The festival will be launched or 1 for a single stage of the at , at You can also keep up to walk places for a single stage 1am on Saturday 1th August date with walking festival news will be released for booking followed by a number of walks. on our Facebook page. seven days before the start of It will be launched by The the festival. Please book and Mayor of Pendle, Councillor pay for the walk at en Hartley. Tweet us your pictures www.visitpendle.com/walks. and opinions of the festival Accommodation & Travel using @VisitPendle A wide range of uality accommodation is available in Car Parking Pendle. For more details please There is car parking available visit www.visitpendle.com. near most starting points but for Wycoller walks please allow Information for joining one 115 minutes to walk from of our walks the car park to get to the start The festival programme has point in the village. For all walks been put together to include please ensure that you pay any walks to suit people of all parking charges. There is no abilities. We have graded each guarantee of parking spaces walk as follows. near to the start of the walks, so Aitken Wood Aitken Wood 3 Country Brook, Aitken Wood Aitken Wood C Aitken Wood

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Aitken Wood

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Walking Festival A5 booklet 2019 7 09/05/2019 16:19 Saturday 10th August Noggarth before returning back into , Whalley and Colne”. We Barrowford. Stunning views of the walk across Pendle from Pendle countryside can be enjoyed to Clitheroe as in the song, via Festival launch with the along much of the route. the canal, Higham, Sabden Fold, Mayor, 10am, Pendle Leader: Helen Thompson Cock Clough, Spence Moor, and Heritage Centre. Mearley, finishing at the bus station 4. Beat in Clitheroe, to catch the bus back 1. Pendle’s nature reserves – to Burnley. Please bring bus fare Greenfield money. 2 miles - Easy - Gentle Pace 8 miles - Hard - Gentle Pace Leader: Chris Marshall Meet at Pendle Heritage Centre, Meet at Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford at 10.30am Barrowford at 10.30am Sunday 11th Grid Ref: SD862397 Grid Ref: SD862397 Map Ref: H Map Ref: H Post Code: BB9 6JQ Post Code: BB9 6JQ 7. Moores and valleys One of a series of easy walks This walk takes us through fields visiting our nature reserves. This is and hills in the Blacko area, with a small woodland reserve part of wonderful vistas, returning for 5 miles - Moderate - Gentle which was once a . refreshments at the Heritage Pace Leader: John Belbin Centre. Meet at layby off A6068 at top of Leader: Peter Smith Higham village at 10.00am 2. Slipper Hill reservoir and Grid Ref: SD812366 Map Ref: Q Blacko 5. East Colne Way Post Code: BB12 9EU

Visiting interesting properties in the

Sabden valley associated with Sir 5 miles - Moderate - Gentle 4 miles - Moderate - Gentle Jonas Moore. Each participant will Pace Pace receive a free booklet of the walk. Meet at Pendle Heritage Centre, Meet at Lakeside Cafe, Ball Leader: Norman Mitchell Barrowford at 10.30am Grove Park, Colne at 10.30am Grid Ref: SD862397 Grid Ref: SD909403 Map Ref: H Map Ref: G 8. Foulridge to Pendle’s Trig Post Code: BB9 6JQ Post Code: BB8 7HY Circular walk taking in Slipper This new route around Colne’s Hill reservoir and the hills above east side is a pleasant walk across 16 miles - Very Hard - Faster Blacko village where there is an green fields and through local Paced optional pub stop before returning farms with wonderful views of the Meet at Foulridge Wharf at via Watermeetings. Pendle area. 10.00am Leader: Martyn Pashley Leader: Mark Chung Grid Ref: SD888425 Map Ref: F Post Code: BB8 7PP 6. “Pendle Old Pendle” 3. Barrowford Circular Walk A circular walk from Foulridge to Part 1 - Twixt Burnley and - Ribble Rivers Trust the trig point on the summit of Clitheroe Pendle and back.

Leader: Mark Roper 5 miles - Moderate - Gentle 11 miles - Very Hard - Faster Pace 9. A Malkin way to Weets Paced Meet at Pendle Heritage Centre, Meet at Burnley Bus Station, Barrowford at 10.30am Grid Ref: SD862397 outside the cafe at 10.30am Map Ref: H Grid Ref: SD842324 9 miles - Hard - Faster Paced Post Code: BB9 6JQ Map Ref: (not on map) Meet at Foulridge Wharf at Meeting at Pendle Heritage Centre Post Code: BB11 2EQ 10.30am “Old Pendle, old Pendle, thou Grid Ref: SD888425 this route takes us to Map Ref: F standest alone. Twixt Burnley and via Water Meetings, then up to Post Code: BB8 7PP

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A walk to the summit of 11. Shooters Reservoir Walk Way takes us to the summit of giving great views over Ribblesdale. Weets Hill and the picturesque Along the way we pass one of Ghyll Church. Cost £10 with priority the farms associated with Malkin 3 miles - Moderate - Gentle for those who have booked all four Tower, home to Old Demdike and Pace stages. her family who were condemned as Meet at Shooters Arms, : Tom Partridge Pendle Witches. Return along the at 2.00pm and Canal. Grid Ref: SD881370 13. Barley, Sabden and Leader: Wayne Bowman Map Ref: M Pendle Post Code: BB10 3RJ 10. County Brook, Hill Top Circular walk taking in views over and Old Ebbies Pendle and exploring ancient 9 miles - Hard - Faster Paced farmland above Nelson. Meet at Barley Car Park at Leader: Martyn Pashley 10.00am 6 miles - Hard - Gentle Pace Grid Ref: SD823403 Meet at Foulridge Wharf at Monday 12th Map Ref: B 11.00am Post Code: BB12 9JX Grid Ref: SD888425 12. The Pendle Way Stage 1 From Barley we follow footpaths Map Ref: F Barrowford to via Newchurch and Sabden Fold Post Code: BB8 7PP to Churn Clough Reservoir. After a From Foulridge Wharf we follow the picnic lunch we return to Barley via canal to County Brook, then climb to 13 miles - Very Hard - Faster Pendle summit. Hill Top, before dropping back down Paced Leader: Diane Megannity to the canal at the other end of the Meet at Old Grammar School, Mile Tunnel and returning via Lake School Lane, Earby (former lead 14. A wander around West Burwain. mining museum) at 10.00am Craven Leader: David Johns Grid Ref: SD906469 Map Ref: E Post Code: BB18 6QF 8 miles - Moderate - Gentle We meet in Earby for our coach Pace to take us to the starting point Meet at Old Grammar School, at the Pendle Heritage Centre in School Lane, Earby (former lead Barrowford. Stage 1 of the Pendle mining museum) at 10.30am 6

Walking Festival A5 booklet 2019 9 09/05/2019 16:19 Grid Ref: SD906469 16. Co-op buildings on 17. Under Pendle Map Ref: E Colne’s south hillside Post Code: BB18 6QF A pleasant ramble over fields and 3 miles - Hard - Faster Paced quiet lanes, through the West 4 miles - Easy - Gentle Pace Meet at Barley Car Park at Craven area. Meet at at 6.30pm Leader: Margaret Brown 2.00pm Grid Ref: SD823403 Grid Ref: SD881398 Map Ref: B 15. Pendle’s nature reserves Map Ref: C Post Code: BB12 9JX - Lomeshaye Post Code: BB8 9NP A short walk via Ogden reservoirs, 2 miles - Easy - Gentle Pace We zig-zag across Colne’s south under Pendle returning via the Meet at Pavillion Cafe, Victoria hillside as we identify locations of Pendle Way to Barley. Park, Nelson at 11.00am Colne’s Co-op history. We take a Leader: Geoff Salter Grid Ref: SD853381 cuppa break at Colne Library to look Map Ref: P at related photos and materials Post Code: BB9 7SS (guide dogs welcome); then walk Tuesday 13th One of a series of easy walks past former Co-op headquarters visiting our nature reserves. This back to the railway station. 18. Roughlee Old Hall and one starts with a gentle amble Leader: Jennifer Little around through Victoria Park before we explore this small wetland nature reserve. 6 miles - Hard - Faster Paced Leader: John Belbin Meet at Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford at 10.00am Grid Ref: SD862397 Map Ref: H Post Code: BB9 6JQ Our walk starts on the riverside path to Water Meetings and Blacko Water before climbing towards Brown Hill and proceeding to the Old Hall and the statue of Alice Nutter, one of the Pendle Witches. Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford 7

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We pass the waterfall before 20. 3 Village Heritage Walk 22. More ways to Gawthorpe climbing again to return to the - and back Heritage Centre. Leader: Andrew Smith 12 miles - Very Hard - Gentle Pace 6 miles - Moderate - Faster 19. The Pendle Way Stage 2 Meet at Morris Dancers, Colne at Paced Earby to Coldwell 10.00am Meet at layby off A6068 at top of Grid Ref: SD900404 Higham village at 10.00am Map Ref: G Grid Ref: SD812366 13 miles - Very Hard - Faster Post Code: BB8 0BH Map Ref: Q Paced A walk taking in , Laneshaw Post Code: BB12 9EU Meet at Old Grammar School, Bridge and Foulridge. Along the Walking the Pendle, Brontë and School Lane, Earby (former lead route you will discover where Colne Burnley Ways to Gawthorpe Hall mining museum) at 10.00am St Andrews Golf Club once stood and back. Grid Ref: SD906469 and some of the history, characters Leader: Norman Mitchell Map Ref: E and individual features of each Post Code: BB18 6QF village. Stage 2 skirts the looming bulk Leader: Paula Ritchie of Moor and crosses Pendle’s earliest turnpike roads. 21. A visit to Pendle’s We also pass through historic premier waterfall Wycoller and walk in the shadow of Hill before our coach pick-up at Coldwell to return to 9 miles - Hard - Faster Paced Earby. Cost £10 with priority for Meet at Marsden Park Golf Club, those who have booked all four Town House Road, Nelson at stages. 10.00am Leader: Kath Edmundson Grid Ref: SD879379 Map Ref: M Post Code: BB9 8DG A walk to Lumb Spout returning via the Pendle Way. Parking is on Town House Road. Leader: Geoff Salter 8

Walking Festival A5 booklet 2019 11 09/05/2019 16:19 23. Twixt Sabden & Whalley Wednesday 14th complete our walk along the canal to Barrowford Locks before we 25. Two towers and two return to our start point. 10 miles - Hard - Gentle Pace reservoirs Leader: Brenda Fullard Meet at Black Hill car park, Sabden at 10.00am 27. Reedley to Barley Grid Ref: SD785367 Map Ref: R 7 miles - Hard - Faster Paced Meet at The Four Elephants Post Code: BB12 9AE 6 miles - Hard - Gentle Pace Restauraunt, Road, Some climbing, but not too Meet at Junction Robinson Lane Foulridge at 10.00am strenuous in this beautiful and Burnley Road, Reedley at location, mixing Pendle with lower Grid Ref: SD891426 Map Ref: F 10.00am Ribblesdale. Post Code: BB8 7PY Grid Ref: SD845359 Leader: Peter Smith A scenic walk taking in Foulridge Map Ref: J Lower and Slipper Hill reservoirs, Post Code: BB9 5JR 24. From broomsticks to the walk passes and A linear walk along old byways and bicycles in 400 years Stansfield Tower, with a fine view of footpaths over fields between these Pendle Hill. two ancient hamlets. Our return is Leader: Ian Lowcock on public transport to Nelson, then 7 miles - Hard - Gentle Pace Brierfield. Please bring some bus Meet at Barley Car Park at 26. Weets to waterways fare money. 10.30am Leader: Martyn Pashley Grid Ref: SD823403 Map Ref: B 12 miles - Very Hard - Faster 28. Pendle’s nature reserves Post Code: BB12 9JX – Alkincoats Figure of eight walk along the lower Paced Meet at Pendle Heritage Centre, 2 miles - Easy - Gentle Pace slopes on Pendle Hill to Manknowls. Meet at Pavilion Cafe, Alkincoats This is one of the possible sites Barrowford at 10.00am Grid Ref: SD862397 Park, Colne at 11.00am of Malkin Tower where the Good Map Ref: H Grid Ref: SD881404 Friday gathering of so called Pendle Post Code: BB9 6JQ Map Ref: C Witches took place in 1612. Return Our walk follows the river to Post Code: BB8 9QQ to Barley for lunch, followed by Admergill. We then start to climb One of a series of easy walks an afternoon walk over to the last across fields and tracks to Weets visiting our nature reserves. We Clarion House in the country. Hill. We follow paths, with stunning start through the park to reach the Leader: John Lofthouse views towards the , walled garden and then the reserve down to County Brook. We walk which is largely woodland but has back through the village of Hey and recently been extended by the

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inclusion of fields which are being there are so many in such a short in the development of the textile planted. distance. The history of the Dene & industry in Pendle. Leader: John Belbin its buildings will also be explained. Leader: Andrea Smith Leader: Roger Cunliffe 29. Valley of the eight 31. A Co-op bond ‘tween bridges 30. Weaving water Barlick and Kelbrook 3 miles - Moderate - Gentle Pace 2 miles - Easy - Gentle Pace Meet at Pendle Heritage Centre, 5 miles - Moderate - Gentle Meet at Aisled Barn, Wycoller Barrowford at 6.30pm Pace Country Park at 2.00pm Grid Ref: SD862397 Meet at Co-op car Grid Ref: SD933391 Map Ref: H park at 6.30pm Map Ref: A Post Code: BB9 6JQ Grid Ref: SD878467 Post Code: BB8 8SY This is an industrial heritage walk Map Ref: D A walk through Wycoller looking at stressing the importance of Pendle Post Code: BB18 6AB its bridges and explaining the reason Water and the Leeds and Liverpool We take a circular look at former

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11 miles - Very Hard - Gentle Pace Meet at Station Hotel, Colne Road, Earby at 10.00am Grid Ref: SD904462 Map Ref: K Post Code: BB18 6XL A hard hilly walk following some national trail acorns, but taken at a gentle pace, with a pub drink available at the finish. Leader: Shirley Northcott

34. A Knave from the Nick

6 miles - Hard - Faster Paced Meet at Sabden Village War Memorial at 10.00am Grid Ref: SD779375 Map Ref: R Post Code: BB7 9HU Onto the slopes of Pendle to the site of a highwayman’s grave. Stunning views of surrounding countryside. Leader: Norman Mitchell

35. From park to Waterside

5 miles - Moderate - Gentle Pace Meet at Marsden Park Golf Club, Co-op sites including at Kelbrook, Meet at Witches Galore, Town House Road, Nelson at formerly of Colne & District Co- Newchurch at 10.00am 10.00am Grid Ref: SD879379 operative Society until Barlick Co- Grid Ref: SD823394 Map Ref: N Map Ref: M op won the argument that Kelbrook Post Code: BB9 8DG should belong to them as it was Post Code: BB12 9JR The bus takes us to the start of the A walk through fields and woodland also in the . to the Waterside area of Colne. Leader: Jennifer Little third stage of the Pendle Way at Coldwell Inn. From there we set off Parking is on Town House Road. through Catlow Clough and across Leader: Ron Whalley Thursday 15th the Calder Valley. Cost £10 with priority for those who have booked 32. The Pendle Way - Stage all four stages. 3 Coldwell to Newchurch Leader: Geoff Salter

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36. Exploring Wycoller 38. Wycoller & Winewall finally head down Walton Lane for Circular the A56 and the bus back towards Prairie Field. Bring bus fare money. 6 miles - Hard - Faster Paced Leader: Jennifer Little Meet at 6 miles - Moderate - Gentle (Opposite Emmott Arms) at Pace Friday 16th 10.00am Meet at Lakeside Cafe, Ball Grid Ref: SD922407 Grove Park, Colne at 11.00am 40. The Pendle Way Stage 4 Map Ref: L Grid Ref: SD909403 Post Code: BB8 7HX Map Ref: G Newchurch to Barrowford A walk from Laneshaw Bridge Post Code: BB8 7HY taking in the Atom Panopticon, An easy paced walk along the Foster’s Leap, Wycoller Village and Ferndean Way to the historic 9 miles - Hard - Faster Paced the surrounding countryside. hamlet of Wycoller with the Meet at Pendle Heritage Centre, Leader: Diane Megannity remains of with its Barrowford at 10.00am Grid Ref: SD862397 Brontë connections and its aisled Map Ref: H 37. Pendle Hill and Ogden barn. Climbing out of Wycoller Post Code: BB9 6JQ Clough and returning with great views of The coach takes us to Newchurch Pendle via the hamlet of Winewall. to start the final stage to the Leader: John Lofthouse summit of Pendle Hill before 8 miles - Hard - Faster Paced our return on foot to the Meet at Barley Car Park at 39. Prairie Field, Southfield Pendle Heritage Centre and 10.30am and Marsden Park the presentation of Pendle Way Grid Ref: SD823403 Map Ref: B certificates. Cost £10 with priority for those who have booked all four Post Code: BB12 9JX 6 miles - Moderate - Gentle Pendle is this area’s iconic stages. Pace Leader: Brenda Fullard landmark with historical Meet at Prairie Sports Village at associations with trial of the Pendle 11.30am Witches and the founding of the Grid Ref: SD845352 Quaker movement. We will be Map Ref: J Marsden Park, Nelson taking one of the gentler routes, Post Code: BB10 2FU but it’s nevertheless steep on the We head for countryside to the way to the summit via the cart east of Brierfield and Nelson; zig- track. We return via Ogden Clough. zagging through historic Southfield Leader: Tom Partridge before reaching Marsden Park and

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41. Into the valley 43. Pendle’s nature reserves 45. Trawden to Wycoller – Quarry Hill 1 miles - Easy - Gentle Pace 6 miles - Hard - Faster Paced Meet at reserve entrance, 7 miles - Moderate - Gentle Meet at layby off A6068 at top of Waidshouse Road, Nelson at Pace Higham village at 10.00am 11.00am Meet at Trawden Arms, Trawden Grid Ref: SD812366 Grid Ref: SD863369 at 2.00pm Map Ref: Q Map Ref: P Grid Ref: SD912387 Post Code: BB12 9EU Post Code: BB9 0SB Map Ref: T A walk into the Sabden Valley and One of a series of easy walks Post Code: BB8 8RU on to Newchurch. visiting our nature reserves. As you Circular walk taking in the moor Leader: Geoff Salter can guess, part of this was once a bottoms under . quarry – and it’s just a little hilly. Leader: Martyn Pashley 42. Barley to Wheathead Leader: John Belbin Heights 46. Bat walk & talk 44. Woodlands around south west Pendle 5 miles - Hard - Faster Paced 1 miles - Easy - Gentle Pace Meet at Barley Car Park at Meet at Pepper Hill Barn, 10.30am 9 miles - Hard - Gentle Pace Wycoller at 8.00pm Grid Ref: SD823403 Meet at Prairie Sports Village at Grid Ref: SD932393 Map Ref: B 12.30pm Map Ref: A Post Code: BB12 9JX Grid Ref: SD845352 Post Code: BB8 8SY Our walk takes us past Black Moss Map Ref: J A short introduction to British bats reservoirs, the ruined Firber House Post Code: BB10 2FU & their habits, followed by a walk to and climbs steeply to Wheathead We experience woods such hear and see bats feeding in their Height for the magnificent views of as Round Wood, Grove Lane environment. The walk is in twilight Pendle, Boulsworth and the Ribble Plantation, Gawthorpe Hall and darkness, so please bring a and Calder Valleys. Plantation and Hagg Wood. We also torch. Parking is 1/2 mile outside Leader: Andrew Smith take the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Wycoller village. towpath, a feature of the Brontë Leader: Roger Cunliffe Way east from Gawthorpe Hall and get off near Prairie Field. Leader: Jennifer Little

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Saturday 17th A walk through woods and past 50. Textiles and towpath reservoirs and under Pendle’s 3 miles - Easy - Gentle Pace 47. Pendle Hill Chartists flank. Meet at Pavilion Cafe, Victoria Walk Leader: Norman Mitchell Park, Nelson at 10.30am Grid Ref: SD853381 Map Ref: P 49. “Pendle Old Pendle” Part 2 - Twixt Whalley & Post Code: BB9 7SS 5 miles - Hard - Gentle Pace This is an industrial heritage walk, Meet at Sabden village car park Colne taking in significant areas and at 10.00am buildings in the history of the textile Grid Ref: SD779373 Map Ref: R 13 miles - Very Hard - Faster trade in Nelson. Post Code: BB7 9EW Paced Leader: Andrea Smith Walk in the footsteps of the Sabden Meet at Whalley Bus Station at Chartists who met on a spur of 10.30am 51. walk Pendle Hill in the 1840s. This walk Grid Ref: SD733362 climbs gently via Churn Clough Map Ref: (not on map) Reservoir to reach the site of the Post Code: BB7 9SN 8 miles - Hard - Gentle Pace Chartists’ Well on Apronful Hill. “Old Pendle, old Pendle, thou Meet at Lakeside Cafe, Ball There will be historical readings standest alone. Twixt Burnley and Grove Park, Colne at 10.30am Clitheroe, Whalley and Colne”. From Grid Ref: SD909403 along the way. The walk is led Map Ref: G by volunteers from the Pendle Whalley Bus Station we will walk to Colne, as in the song. Our route Post Code: BB8 7HY Radicals Project, organised by Mid We follow the Pendle Way and Pennine Arts, part of the Pendle Hill goes via the Nick of Pendle, Ogden Clough, the summit trig point, Black to enjoy the Landscape Partnership Scheme. views from the craggy hilltop of Leader: Nick Burton Moss reservoirs, Brown Hill, Water Meetings, the Cross Gaits pub, Knarrs Hill, and then descend to Alkincoates and then on to Colne Wycoller village where we will have 48. Under Pendle’s spell for the bus. walking on time to explore the ruin of Wycoller

paths and tracks but also fields and Hall and the Aisled Barn built in

stiles. 1650. 5 miles - Hard - Gentle Pace Leader: Chris Marshall Leader: Marianna Borbely Meet at Barley Car Park at 10.00am Grid Ref: SD823403 Map Ref: B Post Code: BB12 9JX 14

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52. West Craven Way

25 miles - Very Hard - Faster Paced Meet at Wharf at 8.30am Grid Ref: SD888453 Map Ref: S Post Code: BB18 5TT This walk circles the West Craven area of Pendle District, including moorland, the drumlin hills and villages. Earby Youth Hostel Leader: Peter Smith

53. Don’t fence me in!

5 miles - Moderate - Gentle Pace Meet at Forest inn, Cuckstool Lane, Fence at 10.00am Grid Ref: SD831370 Map Ref: O Post Code: BB12 9PA Along the ridge to Noggarth and back through some of Pendle’s villages, visiting the grave of a local Victoria Cross war hero. Leader: Norman Mitchell

54. Circular 2 1/2 mile Family friendly walk with clues and prizes - to and from Earby Hostel

2 miles - Easy - Gentle Pace Meet at Earby Hostel, Birch Hall Lane at 10.30am Grid Ref: SD915469 Map Ref: E Post Code: BB18 6JX Family friendly treasure hunt walk aimed to appeal to children from 3-12 years. Leader: Matt Oddy

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55. Witch way to Malkin 56. Pendle’s nature reserves 57. Foulridge bounds Tower – Ball Grove 2 miles - Easy - Gentle Pace Meet at Lakeside Cafe, Ball 9 miles - Hard - Gentle Pace 8 miles - Hard - Faster Paced Grove Park, Colne at 11.00am Meet at Morris Dancers, Colne Meet at Barley Car Park at Grid Ref: SD909403 at 2.00pm 10.30am Map Ref: G Grid Ref: SD900404 Grid Ref: SD823403 Post Code: BB8 7HY Map Ref: G Map Ref: B One of a series of easy walks Post Code: BB8 0BH Post Code: BB12 9JX visiting our nature reserves. This We will closely follow the Foulridge A walk through fields, woods one starts through the park and parish boundary in an anti- and villages to the site of Malkin crosses a field which once housed clockwise direction, learn a bit Tower, home to some of the women a cotton mill then circles an old about Teddy Carr of Langroyd Hall, who were condemned as Pendle mill lodge to return through the visit Tom Cross, spot a standing Witches. woodland which has just been stone and look at the boundary Leader: Tom Partridge added to the reserve. stone at Kirk Bridge. Leader: John Belbin Leader: Jennifer Little

Burnley and Pendle Ramblers are pleased to support Pendle Council with the Walking Festival and wish them every success.

Further information on the Ramblers walks and other events can be found on www.burnleypendleramblers.co.uk

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Thanks to: The Pendle Walking Festival has been organised by the Tourism and Countryside Access Teams of Pendle Council, but is only possible thanks to local walking groups and, most importantly, the dedicated individuals who lead and back-up the walks. Burnley and Pendle Ramblers, Burnley Mountaineering Club, Camramblers Walking Club, Friends of Pendle Heritage and Pendle Walkers CHA.

Disclaimer notice: Pendle Council cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any error or misrepresentation. All liability for loss, disappointment, negligence or other damage caused by the reliance on the information contained within this publication or, in the event of any company, individual or firm ceasing to trade, is hereby excluded.

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Graphic Design by The Communication Team, iJb 12014-5/2019. © Cover photograph of Pendle Hill by Alastair Lee

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