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Guidebook to 30 day walks in the West Pennine Moors, the wide open country between Blackburn, Darwen, Chorley and Bolton in the heart of northern England. Walks range between 2.5 and 9 miles in length, and from short, easy rambles to challenging hikes. The West Pennine Moors cover over 80 square miles of wild and diverse landscape. The area is rich in historical heritage, including historic houses, monuments such as Holcombe Tower and Jubilee Tower, and other reminders of the industrial revolution. The walks are described step-by-step clearly illustrated with OS map extracts and colour photographs, with lots of information on local history and geology explained along the way.
Guide to day walks in the West Pennine Moors, between Blackburn, Darwen, Chorley and Bolton in the heart of northern England. Over 80 square miles, easily accessible for day walking through meadows, woodland and moorland beside rivers and reservoirs - an area rich in heritage. 30 walks from easy rambles to challenging hikes.
There are two sides to Pendle Hill ¿ the gentle, pastoral landscape that rolls towards theRiver Ribble, embracing Downham, Whalley and Clitheroe, and Witch Country, analtogether rougher side to Pendle, sheltered below its south-eastern flanks.Pendle Hill is famous for the events that happened in the early seventeenth century. In1612 twelve women and men from farmsteads and villages around the foot of Pendle Hillwere arrested for practising witchcraft. They were marched across country to be put ontrial at Lancaster where nine were sentenced to death. The news spread rapidly across thecountry and the Pendle Witches tale became the stuff of myth. But this has also been aninspirational landscape, where George Fox had his vision that led to his foundation of theQuaker movement. Pendle Hill is considered by many to be the inspiration for J.R.R.Tolkein¿s Lonely Mountain in his epic trilogy Lord of the Rings.To the south, the West Pennine Moors is a 90 square mile area of upland moorland, rivenwith valleys and wooded cloughs ¿ steep sided ravines, often wooded, through which astream or beck flows. The landscape is dotted with reservoirs, large and small, that feedthe towns and villages that have sprung up in the valleys. There are barely any settlementson the high ground, swept as it is by the prevailing westerly winds that race in offthe Irish Sea, but there are historic villages to be found in the valleys and around the edgesToday this landscape is popular walking country: there is a wealth of footpaths crisscrossingthis landscape and a number of long distance paths stride out across the moorsand hills, including the Witton Weaver¿s Way, the Rossendale Way, the West Pennine Way,the Rotary Way and the Pendle Way.This is glorious country ¿ a landscape of moors and hills, of cotton grass and purpleheather, of history and legend ¿ which is explored by local man Chris Gee in thissupremely informative and beautifully illustrated companion guide.
This Wainwright-sized guide to the walking opportunities in the ancient Forest of Bowland focuses on land opened up to walkers by the recent Right to Roam legislation. It is part of a series of Freedom to Roam guides published in partnership with Ramblers' Association, long-time campaigner for greater public access to the countryside. The guide includes: an introduction to the area: its landscape, history and natural history; 12 free-range rambles, graded for difficulty, that allow walkers to choose their own route; a full-page 4-colour OS map for each walk; special features on points of interest chosen to add to walkers' enjoyment of the countryside; practical information for visitors; a guide to public rights of access.
This guidebook describes 30 day walks all over the Isles of Harris and Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides. The walks range from 2 and 14 miles (4 to 22km) in length, and are easily accessible from Stornaway or Tarbet. Routes vary from short strolls to long wilderness hikes, high-level and low-level, and include the An Cliseam horseshoe, visits to ancient historic monuments like the stone circles of Calanais and the famous Butt of Lewis lighthouse, all illustrated with OS 1:50,000 maps and dramatic photography. The routes take in most of the main summits as well as historical and geographical places of interest. A list of all the Marilyns (British hills of any height with a drop of at least 150m on all sides) on Harris, Lewis and St Kilda is included at the back. Tips are also included about walking on St Kilda, Berneray, Taransay, The Shiant Islands and The Flannan Isles, along with a short Gaelic glossary and route summary table, and advice on practicalities to make the most out of any walking trip on Harris and Lewis.