Cert no. SGS-COC-003471 LINEAR WALKS USING BUSES IN BOWLAND 1 Walk 1. Pendle Beacon Barley to Downham via Pendle Hill Walks exploring the Hodder and Ribble Valleys using Public Transport summit. 5 miles (8km). Pendle Witch Hopper bus services 70/71/P70/P71 from Clitheroe or Nelson. 2 Walk 2. Gisburn Forest - Tosside to Slaidburn 71/4 miles (11.5km). Bowland Transit bus B1 from Settle and Slaidburn, with connections on Bowland Transit buses B10/B11 from Clitheroe. 3 Walk 3. The Hodder Valley Slaidburn to Dunsop Bridge 51/2 miles (9km). Bowland Transit buses B10/B11 from Clitheroe or Slaidburn. 4 Walk 4. Under Wolf Fell - Dunsop Bridge to Chipping 73/4 miles (12.5km). Bowland Transit buses B10/B11 from Clitheroe, return on service 4 to Longridge, then buses HOW TO GET TO THE FOREST OF BOWLAND 3 or 5 to Clitheroe. By Rail All the above walks can be downloaded and printed together with linked bus timetables, on www.countrygoer.org/bowland • Manchester - Blackburn - Clitheroe (Northern Rail) and www.forestofbowland.com • Leeds - Skipton - Settle - Carlisle (Northern Rail) • Preston - Blackburn - Nelson - Colne (Northern Rail) OTHER BOWLAND WALKS ACCESSIBLE BY BUS: • Leeds/Bradford - Skipton - (Metro Airedale Line) 5 Walk 5. The Ribble Way - The central sections of this popular • Leeds - Skipton - Giggleswick - Lancaster (Northern Rail) waymarked 70 mile route between Preston and the source of By Bus the Ribble are easily accessible by local buses between Ribchester and Settle for walking in day stages. (Buses C2, 3, The map below shows the main bus routes in the Forest of Bowland 5, 280/X80, B10) To download detailed maps of the route see AONB, in addition these buses provide useful links to nearby towns. www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/countryside/walking • Main Line 21 - 29: Keighley/Colne - Nelson - Burnley - Padiham - Clitheroe • Lancashire United 225: Bolton - Blackburn - Whalley - Clitheroe 6 Walk 6. Tolkien Trail - A 5.5 mile (9km) circular route from Hurst Green, past Stonyhurst College, close to where the Lord • The Witch Way X43/X44: Manchester - Rawtenstall - Burnley - Nelson of the Rings author stayed on many occasions. • 231/241: Accrington - Clitheroe (Bus 5 from Clitheroe and Longridge to Hurst Green). For detailed route description and sketch map of the route log onto www.ribblevalley.gov.uk and look under Tourism and Walking. BUS ROUTES = X80/280 Preston - Clitheroe - Skipton CARLISLE LANCASTER = 580 Skipton - Settle - Giggleswick = B1 Bowland Transit Slaidburn - Settle 5 = B10/B11 Bowland Transit Clitheroe - Slaidburn Circular = B12 Clitheroe - Chipping - Garstang (Thursdays Only) = C2 Clitheroe - Sawley = 70/71 Pendle Witch Hopper (Sundays Only) = P70/P71 Pendle Witch Hopper (Monday - Saturday) = 5 Clitheroe - Whalley - Longridge 580 = 4 Preston - Goosnargh - Longridge - Chipping B1 = 3 Blackburn - Ribchester - Longridge = 1 Longridge - Grimsargh - Preston SKIPTON = Pub 2 ay B1 = Café = Public toilets W Ribble The DALES RAIL ONLY B10/B11 X80 This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery 3 SKIPTON Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised 280 reproduction infringes Crown copyright B10/B11 and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence 100023320, 2007. 4 B10/B11 70/71 B10/B11 70/71 C2 P70/P71 1 B12 GARSTANG P70/P71 70/71 B12 4 The Ribble Way P70/P71 Tolkien 5 Trail COLNE 6 4 5 3 The Ribble Way 1 X80 280 BLACKBURN 5 3 70/71 PRESTON PRESTON BLACKBURN.