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Hawkfield

Sands

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Heads

Station being 50m on the right. right. the on 50m being Station

Roosecote

Little Urswick Little

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1 Bolton Bolton

right into Station Road, Dalton Dalton Road, Station into right

Lodge

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down Market Street, turning Street, Market down Skells Skells

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Island School Tesco

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National Trust property. Walk property. Trust National

Dalton-in-Furness . .

Barrow

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square by Dalton Castle, a Castle, Dalton by square Dock Tarn

Great Urswick Great

Walney Channel Walney

emerge at the top in the the in top the at emerge

Cavendish 5

Dalton parish church and church parish Dalton

7 9 Dock Bridge Fort

Farm

Climb the hill to the left of left the to hill the Climb 9.

Park House Park

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Wood Dock 6 is worth a look. a worth is

has the old town pinfold which pinfold town old the has

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Abbey Mill Café Mill Abbey

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Short route Short

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Farm

4 Brown Cow Inn. Goose Green Goose Inn. Cow Brown 3

Trinkeld Furness 5

the minor road towards the towards road minor the

Museum

Croftlands

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main road with care and take and care with road main

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Hall

walking about 50m, cross the cross 50m, about walking

Road

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onto Abbey Road and after and Road Abbey onto

Abbey

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to the northern gate. Turn left Turn gate. northern the to

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Ulverston

Mill

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Barrow-in-Furness follow one of the paths down down paths the of one follow . .

Newton Lane Newton

left into Dalton Cemetery and Cemetery Dalton into left

Ulverston Station approach is second left. second is approach Station Ulverston 9. 7

After the pub take the entrance the take pub the After 8. Turn right up Roose Road to finish at Roose Station. Roose at finish to Road Roose up right Turn

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before arriving at Springfield Road. Road. Springfield at arriving before

Sandgate pub along the rear of Long Way, to emerge on Roose Road. Roose on emerge to Way, Long of rear the along pub Sandgate Newton pub. Newton -in-Furness

of ‘The Drive’ Ulverston. St Mary’s Catholic School is to the right the to is School Catholic Mary’s St Ulverston. Drive’ ‘The of

Go under the railway bridge and turn right round the former the round right turn and bridge railway the under Go 11.

Dalton, passing, or using the using or passing, Dalton, Dalton

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right just past the Hall entrance on the footpath to the end end the to footpath the on entrance Hall the past just right

left onto Newton Road towards Road Newton onto left

pumping station and head back towards town. town. towards back head and station pumping

Take the next left after 300m towards Swarthmoor Hall. Turn Turn Hall. Swarthmoor towards 300m after left next the Take 8.

Newton crossroads and turn turn and crossroads Newton

along the seawall of Cavendish Dock. Turn left at the United Utilities United the at left Turn Dock. Cavendish of seawall the along

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the road to turn left onto Urswick Road. Road. Urswick onto left turn to road the Follow Long Lane to the the to Lane Long Follow 7. Follow the Dock Road out to the nuclear ship terminal and turn left turn and terminal ship nuclear the to out Road Dock the Follow 10.

‘Main Road’. Follow the verge footpath on the south side of of side south the on footpath verge the Follow Road’. ‘Main

main road. Exit a field gate to the right onto Long Lane. Long onto right the to gate field a Exit road. main

to the supermarket car park and follow the Town Quay out to the docks. the to out Quay Town the follow and park car supermarket the to

Pass through the renovated houses at Trinkeld, emerging on on emerging Trinkeld, at houses renovated the through Pass 7.

heading for the Lodge House at the top of Mill Brow on the old old the on Brow Mill of top the at House Lodge the for heading Barrow-in-Furness Station. For the full six mile walk take the steps down steps the take walk mile six full the For Station. Barrow-in-Furness

take the footpath straight on as the road sweeps to the right. the to sweeps road the as on straight footpath the take road to reach a stile, north east edge of the wood. Cross the field the Cross wood. the of edge east north stile, a reach to road at Schneider Square roundabout to do a shorter walk and return to return and walk shorter a do to roundabout Square Schneider at

Cross the road between High Carley and , then after 200m after then Bardsea, and Carley High between road the Cross 6. Follow the path slightly uphill, crossing a bridge over the old sunken old the over bridge a crossing uphill, slightly path the Follow 6. Turn right along Michaelson Road back to town. Take Dalton Road Road Dalton Take town. to back Road Michaelson along right Turn 9.

the houses, cross the fields to Trinkeld, with the woods to the left. left. the to woods the with Trinkeld, to fields the cross houses, the through the woods, to the site of Abbotswood House. Abbotswood of site the to woods, the through allotments on your right, find Buccleuch Dock Road. Dock Buccleuch find right, your on allotments

After a short distance find the first narrow lane up the hill between hill the up lane narrow first the find distance short a After 5. Abbots Wood. On reaching the driveway, turn left and walk 500m walk and left turn driveway, the reaching On Wood. Abbots the back of the Cavendish Park playing field and with the Jeff Fullard Jeff the with and field playing Park Cavendish the of back the

hill, take the footpath steps to the left, entering the Woodland Trust’s Woodland the entering left, the to steps footpath the take hill, Walk down the road marking the old railway, turning up the bank at bank the up turning railway, old the marking road the down Walk 8. and then join the road in the village. the in road the join then and

Turn right onto the public footpath and just after the start of the the of start the after just and footpath public the onto right Turn 5.

towards Urswick Tarn. Follow the footpath round the south side south the round footpath the Follow Tarn. Urswick towards of the terraced houses. terraced the of

Before reaching the church take the footpath over the fields the over footpath the take church the reaching Before 4. unless the walker wishes to visit Abbey Mill licensed café to the right. the to café licensed Mill Abbey visit to wishes walker the unless Turn left across the rough ground to reach the road at the back back the at road the reach to ground rough the across left Turn 7.

Walk across the amphitheatre floor, to a small car park, with toilets, with park, car small a to floor, amphitheatre the across Walk 4.

just past Low Furness School. School. Furness Low past just Docks Road at the roundabout. the at Road Docks

Urswick, past the former pub. Join the road and carry on until until on carry and road the Join pub. former the past Urswick, Cistercian abbey in . The site used to have its own station. own its have to used site The England. in abbey Cistercian Turn right along Michaelson Road and then left onto the new new the onto left then and Road Michaelson along right Turn 6.

‘Gynring’ on the junction corner. Walk along the green in Little Little in green the along Walk corner. junction the on ‘Gynring’ abbey dates from the 1100s and was once the second most important most second the once was and 1100s the from dates abbey

the Michaelson Road roundabout among the tenement buildings. tenement the among roundabout Road Michaelson the

Join the minor road to Little Urswick, with the house named named house the with Urswick, Little to road minor the Join 3. the natural amphitheatre called The Vale of Nightshade. The ruined The Nightshade. of Vale The called amphitheatre natural the

Walk south east along Bridge Road past the shipyard sheds to to sheds shipyard the past Road Bridge along east south Walk 5.

Go through a gate at the top for the first view of Furness Abbey and Abbey Furness of view first the for top the at gate a through Go 3.

and continue 700m east, towards Bolton Heads and Hawkfield. Hawkfield. and Heads Bolton towards east, 700m continue and

gardens by Jubilee Bridge. Jubilee by gardens

Head east crossing the fields and minor road near Skells Lodge Skells near road minor and fields the crossing east Head 2. storage sheds and through the gate onto a track rising gently ahead. gently rising track a onto gate the through and sheds storage

Find time to have a look in the Dock Museum and detour to the to detour and Museum Dock the in look a have to time Find 4.

and north to Park House Farm. Take the concrete footpath past the past footpath concrete the Take Farm. House Park to north and

to Highfield Farm at the top of the estate. the of top the at Farm Highfield to

across Walney Road to the Dock Museum. Dock the to Road Walney across

Take the Greenway to the north, crossing the river by a footbridge a by river the crossing north, the to Greenway the Take 2.

along the road above and parallel to railway, meeting a footpath a meeting railway, to parallel and above road the along

Turn left at Iceland and walk round the Cornmill Crossing roundabout, Crossing Cornmill the round walk and Iceland at left Turn 3.

away from the bridge, crossing Greystone Lane heading northwest heading Lane Greystone crossing bridge, the from away the Red River. River. Red the

Take the last part of Abbey Road to Custom House roundabout. House Custom to Road Abbey of part last the Take 2. Exit Dalton Station on the Barrow-in-Furness side and turn right turn and side Barrow-in-Furness the on Station Dalton Exit 1. Lane, turn right onto the Abbey Greenway before the bridge over over bridge the before Greenway Abbey the onto right turn Lane,

Exit Roose Station on the supermarket side, walk north along Flass along north walk side, supermarket the on Station Roose Exit 1. Abbey Road to Ramsden Square. Ramsden to Road Abbey

OS Explorer OL 6. 1:25000 6. OL Explorer OS Map:

Leave Barrow-in-Furness Station and walk south west down down west south walk and Station Barrow-in-Furness Leave 1.

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Arms or The General Burgoyne. General The or Arms

OS Explorer OL 6. 1:25000 6. OL Explorer OS Map: Refreshments: Refreshments: Possible to detour in Urswick to The Derby The to Urswick in detour to Possible Newton Road plus many other pubs in Dalton. in pubs other many plus Road Newton

Refreshments: Refreshments: Abbey Mill Café at Furness Abbey. Pubs on on Pubs Abbey. Furness at Café Mill Abbey

Café (in the station). Pub/café at the Dock Museum. Dock the at Pub/café station). the (in Café Refreshments:

taking in both Urswicks and Swarthmoor Hall. Swarthmoor and Urswicks both in taking

2 hours 2 hours 3 3 hours 3 Mainly level, off-road path with a hilly mid-section. hilly a with path off-road level, Mainly Terrain: Mainly grassy paths with some minor roads, roads, minor some with paths grassy Mainly Terrain: Terrain: Terrain: Mainly hard pavement with a grassy bank in section 8. section in bank grassy a with pavement hard Mainly

4.3 miles 4.3 miles 6.4 6 miles 6

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Walk Walk Walk Roose – Furness Abbey – Dalton Dalton – Abbey Furness – Roose Dalton – Urswick – Ulverston – Urswick – Dalton Barrow – Barrow Island – Dockland – Roose Station Roose – Dockland – Island Barrow – Barrow

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Walk 3 Walk Walk 6 8 The line between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster passes through Ulverston, Grange-over-Sands and , offering

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Getting around & timetable information A selection of short walks from Heading to the area by train means you get to enjoy some of the most scenic rail lines in the country. Once here you can easily explore the Furness Line. more of this beautiful landscape. NextBuses Traveline – text service Check the next bus from any bus stop by sending the bus stop code in a text. All bus stops, metro station platforms and even ferry landings each have their own code. Go to ‘new message’ on your phone, type in the code for the stop that you wish to depart from and send to 84268 The service will send back a message with the scheduled times The Furness Line The Lakes Line for the next five buses due to leave the stop. The Other main lines You will normally get a reply within 30 seconds. Advice The maps shown in this leaflet are for illustrative purposes Traveline only – you should take the relevant Ordnance Survey with Need some help? Contact Traveline whilst on the move for up you – referring to it regularly. Be prepared with the correct to date public transport information. Telephone 0871 200 22 33 visit boots, waterproofs, torch and compass. Take extra care in traveline.info or .gov.uk/publictransport adverse weather conditions and also take a drink with you.

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Walk Ulverston – Conishead – Canal – Ulverston Walk Cark – Walton Hall Cartmel – Holker Walk Kents Bank – Hampsfell – Grange Map on walk4life/info: Map on walk4life/info: Map on walk4life/info: www.walk4life.info/walk/ulverston-conishead www.walk4life.info/walk/cark-walton-hall www.walk4life/info/walk/Kents-Bank-Hampsfell-Grange 4 Station: Ulverston Station on Springfield Road. 5 Station: Cark Station. 6 Station: Kents Bank Station. 6.5 miles 4.4 miles 4.8 miles 3 hours Terrain: Mainly minor roads with some woodland 2 hours Terrain: Mainly hilly with level mid-section. 2 hours Terrain: Mainly hilly with woodland and upland ground. and coastal paths. Refreshments: Holker Hall Courtyard Café, Engine Inn Refreshments: Cafés and pub in Grange-over-Sands. Refreshments: Café at Conishead Priory, Bay Horse Hotel and Rose & Crown at Cark, plus Cark Garden Centre Café. Map: OS Explorer OL7 1:25000 and cafés and pubs in Ulverston. Other shops, cafés and another pub in nearby Flookburgh. 1. Exit Kents Bank Station and walk up the road straight ahead past Map: OS Explorer OL7 1:25000 Map: OS Explorer OL7 1:25000 the terrace of houses. After 100m take the lane to the right, with 1. Exit the station and turn right onto Springfield Road. Continue past 1. Exit the station on the Paltform X side, heading northwest into Cark houses on one side and open field to the left. Leave the lane, Victoria School and, 60m after the Rake Lane crossroads, turn left into village, passing the corner shop and the Engine Inn. taking a footpath through the small wood to the left. Central Drive and then left again into Rowan Drive. Take the right fork up the hill on the road to Cartmel. After 400m 2. The path leads onto the main Grange-over-Sands road towards 2. At the bottom of Rowan Drive turn left down Oakwood Drive and take the bridleway track to the left rising up to the woodland a small lodge cottage. Turn right along the road and follow it then right along Priory Road at the bottom. Then out past the sports and Low Bank Side Farm. past Care Home on the left. Take a left turn, up the lane centre and along Priory Road with Bardsea Leisure Park on the right. 2. At the junction go right, into the mature conifer plantation, to Middle Fell and Cartmel. After 200m uphill is the entrance to Low Fell Gate Caravan Park, through which is a public footpath. 3. Enter the grounds of Conishead Priory by turning left past the Lane Park. At the far end of the woodland continue keep north lodge house. Continue along the drive towards Great Head House. towards Cartmel Race Course. On entering the race course go 3. Carry on through the park, entering woodland and eventually Approach the Priory down a lane towards the towers in the distance. left over to the wood where a gap leads to a footpath through leaving the park, now with houses to the right. The path emerges Cark Shaws Wood and beyond it Park Wood. onto Grange Fell Road. Cross the road and walk up Ashmount 4. Cross the car park at Conishead Priory and walk round to the left Road towards Charney Well. Towards the end of the road there is of the building. If lucky the terrace café will be open. 3. Join the minor lane heading to Walton Hall Farm and turn right along the edge of the wood, then descend the track to the left a steepish footpath up to the left between the last house and the 5. Continue the walk by dropping down into the wood using a path leading to the site of the old mill, now a modern house. The track woodland. This follows a wall round to the left and then a stile leading from the terrace towards the shore. The path leads to the then rises gently through another wood and, as it opens out onto opens onto the fields of Spring Bank Farm. left through the magnificent woodland, crossing the bank of the grazing land, it becomes a section of the Cumbria Coastal Way, 4. Walk down across the field towards the sheds and over the stile old railway track and emerges on the shore. some 2km inland! into Spring Bank Road leading up to the farmhouse buildings. 6. Following the path north with the seashore on your right until 4. Head south for about 15 minutes until you reach a metalled road Turn right and head north along Spring Bank Road. you reach a house just south of the old slagbank, separated by which meets the B5278 at Holker Hall. 5. Pass through High Farm and at the top of Eggerslack Wood there the outflow from Ulverston’s Carter Pool Beck. 5. Turn left and either enter the Holker Estate to visit the Hall is a fairly steep climb and a scramble over a wall. The path rises 7. Take the tarmac road inland at this point and follow it for 200m until and its Courtyard Café or carry on into Cark village, best entered diagonally across the limestone grassland through blackthorn it turns to the left. Carry on through the farm buildings and use the by taking the steep road to the right before the Rose & Crown thickets and over the stepped field wall and a limestone outcrop. stile to access the grassy footpath along the line of the old railway. pub, then walking beside the River Eea to the bridge by the 6. It is plain sailing to 8. Pass through a gate into a field by Sandhall, with its small campsite. Engine Inn. Hampsfell 7 Merlewood the top of Hampsfell. Diagonally across the field is a kissing gate, then out onto a minor Hospice 6. Return to Cark station 100m along the road. 7. Start the descent on road leading towards the GSK factory. Walk towards GSK and turn Eggerslack a path heading more right on the road east, which looks as if it is going through the factory. Wood 6 eastward than the one 9. After 500m arrive at the Race Course High Farm followed on the way shore again, with the Walton Hall Farm 8 up. On reaching a wall 10 4 5 Railway Bay Horse Hotel for to the left, climb over on refreshment. On a fine 4 Charney the steps and walk down Canal day the staff will bring Well through the bracken and drinks and bar food 3 Spring Bank . Foot Mount . scrub to the top edge of Ulverston out to the benches at High Bank Barnard Cartmel Grange Eggerslack Wood. Enter 9 Canal Foot. Once an 3 School Woods Village Middle -over- by a gate and follow ambitiously wide canal 8 Fell the well-trodden path to take seagoing boats, Sands Side Woods descending southwest Sand the canal is now home 2 through the wood. 1 2 Hall to wildlife. 2 8. Pass some old concrete Priory 10. Take the towpath 7 water storage tanks and Road back to Ulverston. Cartmel Valley 6 Holker carry on down to the left, 3 After arriving at Canal Hall Railway ignoring the track rising 4 Head there’s a 1km 5 to the right. The track 5 walk through town Conishead crosses a house driveway to the railway station, 1 Manjushri and meets a wall. Follow passing the Laurel Temple 1 . it to the left and emerge and Hardy Museum Engine Inn Kents Bank 6 Abbot on Road and their statue . Cark Hall which leads down to outside Coronation Hall. the station.

Grange-over-Sands Woodlands Railwalk Silverdale Walk Hampsfield Walk Walk Walk Lindale 6 Map on walk4life/info: Map on walk4life/info: 7 www.walk4life.info/walk/grange-woodlands-railwalk N/A 7 Station: Grange-over-Sands Station. 8 Station: Silverdale Railway Station. 7 3.7 miles 4 miles Map B5271 2 hours Terrain: Mainly hilly and wet and grassy paths in part. s hours Terrain: Moderate. Refreshments: Drinks machine and stall in the station. Refreshments: Café at Leighton Moss and tea room Merlewood Cafés and pubs in Grange-over-Sands. at Leighton Hall. Map: OS Explorer OL7 1:25000 Map: OS Explorer OL7 1:25000 8 1. Exit Grange-over-Sands Station and cross the road towards the 1. Turn left out of the station and then left again over the railway Grange Hotel. Continue north towards Lindale on the B5277 bridge and past the RSPB’s Leighton Moss Visitor Centre. Eggleslack up a gentle rise in the road with Blawith Point on the right. 2. Go past the Visitor Centre, walk along the road for another Wood Brown Robin 2. Just over the crest turn left up the drive into the Netherwood Hotel 0.25 mile then turn right and follow the bridle-path along 5 and then up a steeply rising drive up towards Blawith Farm. Passing the causeway across Leighton Moss for just over 0.5 mile. through the farm buildings, either take the easy footpath along 3. At the end of the causeway go through the gate into a field and 4 the bottom edge of Brown Robin Wood or keep right and enter follow the track past a farm for another 0.5 mile. Pass an old coach the woodland behind the Netherwood Hotel on a well used path. 9 3 house and then enter the parkland in front of Leighton Hall. High Farm Paradise 3. The easy walk follows a pleasant route with meadows to the left. 4. Walk away from the Hall and follow the drive for 50 yards bearing Mount The woodland route climbs steeply up onto the limestone scarp left across the grass and directly up the hill to the right of the fenced named as Paradise Hill on the map. enclosure. At the top of the hill go through the kissing gate, cross the 4. Follow the ridge along to the end of the finger of woodland, with field with the stone mound and down the slope through the trees, Netherwood steep drops to the left. Near the end of the wood a small path angles following the path towards the road to the right. From the stile you Hotel Hotel 2 down to the northwest corner, emerging onto the easy footpath could turn left into Yealand Conyers village or continue the walk. 10 1 taken by the less adventurous walker. 5. To continue the walk, turn right at the gap stile and follow the lane Eden Mount 5. Pass through a stile out onto open pasture along a grass track. Before through wooded limestone pastures until it bends left after passing . the locked field gate 100m ahead which opens onto Windermere the entrance to Leighton Hall. Just after the bend, turn right onto Grange-over-Sands Road, a small path drops down towards the B5271 through a small a track and follow this into a field. Keep the field wall on your right wood. Carefully descend the limestone rocks leading to the road. and when the track bears left, turn to the right on a small path, over 6. Walk up the road following the footpath with the wall on your left, a stile and into the woods. At the end of the wood, walk to the large passing the entrance to Merlewood and carrying on along the B5271 oak tree and then ahead down to a gate in the left corner of the – taking care as there is no pavement along this section of road. pasture. Go through the gate and keep to the right side of the field Walk As the road bears right to enter the village of Lindale you will see for about 500 yards until another gate is reached. Go through this a footpath carrying straight on. Take this footpath (with houses on and follow the gated track all the way to the main road at Crag Foot your right) then take the first path on the left, emerging onto a field until you see a limestone kiln. 8 across which is the right of way. 6. At Crag Foot, turn right and follow the road for about 200 yards Map 7. Enter the next field via a gate and approach the houses at then turn left off the pavement and walk along the track under Hampsfield. Walking up the road from the houses, take a footpath the railway. Continue along the path across the field to the edge of a wood then turn right through the woods until you reach Hollins turning sharp left along behind a wall. . Silverdale Lane where you turn left. Walk along the lane for 0.25 mile and, after 8. Exit onto a small enclosure of pasture, cross to the far corner Hazelwood Farm, turn right over a style and walk through the fields 2 and pass through a gate onto a farm track traversing the top side Silverdale to a path in the trees following signs to Silverdale Green. After Green of Eggerslack wood. Keep following the path along the top of passing Pointer Wood, turn right on the main road and then after 1 the wood. approx 300 yards, turn left down Bottoms Lane and then, after 3 9. On reaching the point where Hampsfell Road meets the track 200 yards, turn right down a footpath signed to Burton Well. Keep Leighton to High Farm visible to the right, take the road down towards heading east and at the junction with The Row, turn right and then Moss Grange-over-Sands, passing Hampsfell House Hotel. left onto the footpath across the golf course to the station. There are numerous other paths and walks in this area. Moss House Leighton 4 10. Less adventurous walkers can follow the road down into Farm Grange-over-Sands. For a more interesting way into town take 6 Hall the footpath down through the woods to Yewbarrow Retirement Yealand Home and thus onto the road at the terrace of shops, including Hollins Crag 5 Conyers good cafés, close to the station. Lane Foot

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