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Beginning in Barrowford, the walk heads out past Higherford Mill Memorial Barrowford of Friends Council, Parish Barrowford

DISTANCE: 8.5 km / 5.3 miles towards Water Meetings. The route then crosses farmland Blades, J & I Smith, Andrea Centre, Heritage Pendle to and

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THE RIVERS: Pendle Water runs through the centre of 3. Also in Roughlee are an impressive weir Barrowford and is home to a number of fish species including Weir & and waterfall. The weir was built to power trout, eels, bullhead and stoneloach. Pendle Water begins, as the village’s cotton mill (Judson’s Mill) which Waterfall River Walks the name would suggest, on Pendle Hill, weaving down through was demolished in 1961. Roughlee and into Barrowford before joining the Calder on the outskirts of Burnley. 4. Stunning views of the Pendle countryside Barrowford can be enjoyed on much of The River Calder (thought to translate from Celtic as ‘violent this route, especially stream’) begins on the moors above Cliviger, not far from the between Roughlee source of the Yorkshire River Calder. From here, it travels and Noggarth. Make sure to take your Pendle through the wooded Cliviger Gorge and Towneley Park before camera to capture the scenic landscape. Hill entering Burnley. This tributary of the River Ribble continues through Padiham and Whalley before meeting the Ribble. 5. Not visible from the route, but near Noggarth Top café, is the Historically, the area was heavily industrialised and much of the Clarion House, built by Nelson Independent River Calder and its tributaries were altered and impacted by Labour Party in 1912 and funded with a £350 loan industrial and urban development. from the Nelson Weavers Association. There would once have been many Clarion Houses in the North West, London and Scotland, however, WILDLIFE: Keep an eye this is now the last one remaining. The Clarion Clarion House is still open every Sunday 10.30am-4pm, out for herons, dippers House serving refreshments and encouraging and kingfishers along conversation. the water’s edge.

Pendle Water is home to the brown 6. It is thought that Barrowford Weir has existed trout and critically endangered since the 16th century and was originally built This route celebrates the European eel, which can sometimes be to power Old Mill, which was situated on industrial past of Pendle spotted. Barrowford Park is home to a what is now Barrowford Memorial Water and the area’s historic Dipper variety of wildlife including great spotted Park. In 2011, a fish pass was Fish pass on links with witchcraft whilst woodpeckers. created on the weir by Ribble Rivers allowing fantastic views of Barrowford Trust to improve access on Pendle Distance: 8.5 km / 5.3 miles Roughlee falls within the Forest of Pendle, an outlier of the the Pendle countryside. Weir Water for migratory fish species Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) moving upstream (see overleaf for Difficulty: Moderate and is a good location for wildlife spotting. further information on the fish pass).

Go through this gate and carry straight on until you reach Follow the track for F. Through the park ROUTE DIRECTIONS a stile. Go over this and continue straight again, going approximately 400 metres until Turn left down Gisburn Road, through three small field gates on the left hand side of a a small wooden gate straight towards The White Bear pub. A. Pendle Heritage Centre dwelling. Once you reach the road, turn left and follow it ahead, with a yellow waymarker Opposite The White Bear Starting at the car park by the Pendle Heritage Centre, down to Roughlee. Take care on the road as the traffic sign, as the track again bears turn right over a bridge go on to the main road and over the bridge towards can be fast moving. slightly right. Pass through the leading into Barrowford gate keeping the wall to your Memorial Park. Turn left the George and Dragon pub (look Roughlee out for the Toll House at the C. Roughlee left. Continue straight until you onto the path and walk past Hall junction). Turn right here, Follow the road through reach another small field gate the weir, fish pass (see below Noggarth following the road away from the Roughlee, past the statue of Alice next to Noggarth Top Café. for more information) and Top Cafe Pendle Heritage Centre to centre of Barrowford. Bear left just Nutter, the weir, the waterfall Immediately turn left and go over a stone Barrowford and the car park alongside the reach the road. Cross the before the next bridge, and follow stile into a large field. Head diagonally left Memorial the road which runs alongside the road. Go over the bridge and (11 o’clock direction), going around the road to get back to the car park where river. Follow this until a path turn immediately to your left, right-hand edge of the area marked out with white- the walk began. Park following the finger post. appears on your right, running topped wooden posts, then start to bear left towards the parallel with the road and closer to Continue along this path, going Toll bottom left-hand corner of the field. Look out for a metal the river. Take this path and over a small bridge and up some kissing gate next to a metal field gate. (Image courtesy of continue through both a kissing gate House steps. At a fork in the path, take the right-hand path and Iain Lord) and a small field gate, until you reach follow it, heading left, uphill to the top left corner of the another bridge. field. Go through the squeeze stile with a gate, then E. Back to Barrowford follow the waymarker to another stile like the one before. Going through the kissing gate, Continue to a kissing gate and then bear left, with the line B. Water Meetings head diagonally left towards the of trees on your left-hand side. (Image courtesy of Iain pylon to another kissing gate. At the bridge follow the Pendle Way Lord) After this, go straight on to a markers, going over the bridge and small field gate and then follow then turning left through a small Lamb the waymarker down the field, field gate into a field alongside the D. Ancient Footpath keeping the line of trees on river. Walk up the river and past the At a fork in the path, bear right and head to the end of Club your left-hand side. Go through confluence of Pendle Water and the field, towards the squeeze stile opposite a small another small field gate/squeeze stile and follow a Blacko Water to a bridge further up. square building on the edge of the reservoir. After the waymarker to the bottom of the field where you go Go over the bridge and bear right squeeze style turn immediately right onto the track and Near through a kissing gate to get onto a road. Turn left here towards a small field gate at the end follow it around to the right, following the footpath sign. Water Note Pendle Hill on your right. and follow the road until it joins the main road running Image, courtesy of Iain Lord, shows the corn mill which was of the field. through Barrowford. located in the area that is now Barrowford Memorial Park. Meetings

Barrowford Weir (see point 6 on map)

The fish pass on Barrowford weir was installed by Ribble Rivers Trust in 2011. The modification to the weir was implemented to ease the movement of wildlife upstream. The design of the fish pass is commonly described as a ‘fish ladder’. Baffles (metal plates to direct and restrain the flow of water) on the base and sides help to keep water flowing at specific speeds, aiding the movement of fish upstream. Delivered through the River Improvement Fund, the fish pass was part of a larger project on Pendle Water which also included modifications to two smaller weirs downstream. The work on these three weirs has improved access upstream for a Barrowford weir before alterations. variety of fish species. The projects at Barrowford have opened up a further 18km of in-river habitat which had been inaccessible for many years. Several species of fish are frequently found in Pendle Water including: trout, eels, bullhead and stoneloach. Migratory fish species such as salmon and trout swim upstream to spawn, and structures such as weirs can prevent access, separating pockets of habitat.

The completed fish pass in July 2011 including viewing platform next to Pendle Heritage Centre.

Every effort has been made to provide accurate information in this guide. Contains Ordnance Survey data Ribble Rivers Trust cannot take responsibility for any errors. No © Crown copyright and database right 2019. Baffles inside the fish pass during construction. recommendation is given by inclusion or omission of any establishment.