July
Start: 10:30am
2 to 3 miles with Little Climbing
Each Mid-Week Stroller walk has a destination providing a walk and venue for drinks / snacks or meal and starts at 10:30am
Meet at (Sat Nav: ).
No details available.
We are based in Lancashire in the North West of England but our walks take us round the UK's National Parks & National Landscapes, the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, Peak District & North Wales. *** To view the next walk - Please scroll to the bottom ***
16/07/2025 Stroller - Brinscall
2 to 3 miles with Little Climbing
Each Mid-Week Stroller walk has a destination providing a walk and venue for drinks / snacks or meal and starts at 10:30am
10/07/2025 Thursday Car - Location
July
Start: 10:30am
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Meet at (Sat Nav: ), ready for the usual start time 10:30am.
No details available.
07/07/2025 Committee Meeting
July
Start: 7:00pm Finish 9:00pm
Committee meetings are held on Mondays.
Start at 7:00pm and finish at 9:00pm.
All members are welcome.
We meet at the Over 60s Club, Priory Lane, Penwortham.
Preston PR1 0AR.
06/07/2025 Sunday Car - Location
July
Start: 10:30am
Location with Leader
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Meet at (Sat Nav: ), ready for the usual start time 10:30am.
No details available.
27/06/2025 Annual Club Meal
June
Start: 6:30pm for 7:00pm Start
Annual Club Meal (Friday Night).
Held at the Cross Keys Inn, Church Lane, Whitechapel (PR3 2EP).
Please arrive at 6:30pm for a 7:00pm prompt start.
Cost per person £26 and please make your cheque payable to 'Preston and District Walking Club'.
We are collecting the payments prior to the event (it can be cash of course), along with meal choices to Stuart Arnold.
- Homemade soup of the day, a warm bread roll & butter. (GFOA)
- Creamy garlic mushrooms, toasted ciabatta. (V)
- Assorted melon & Fruits with lemon sorbet(VG, GFOA)
- Prawn cocktail, seafood sauce, bread & Butter (GFOA)
Mains
- Roast Beef served with roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables, Yorkshire pudding, roast gravy. (GFOA)
- Poached Salmon, new potatoes, fine beans, seafood sauce. (GFOA)
- Mrs Kirkham's Smocked cheese, Leek & Onion tart, Chunky chip, Garden salad. (V)
- Pan Fried chicken, fondant potato, green bens, Blacksticks blue & bacon sauce. (GFOA).
Desserts
- Fruit Meringue, whipped cream, berries (V, GFOA)
- Strawberry cheesecake (V)
- Sherry trifle (V, GFOA)
- Sticky Toffee Pudding, vanilla ice cream (V)
Tea or Filter Coffee, chocolate mint.
22/06/2025 Coach - Coniston via Newby Bridge
June
Start: 8:00am with 17:30 (5:30pm) return
10.6 Miles / 17km with 3,271ft / 997m Total Ascent
We start the walk from Brown Howe on the A5084 with a leisurely crossing of Torver Low Common towards Torver. Crossing the A593 we head for Torver High Common and up to the Walna Scar Road ascending to Brown Pike. Following the ridge to Buck Pike we have fine views of the tarns below as we head through Goats Hawse and climb to Brim Fell.
From there it is a short and slight ascent of 7 meters to the summit of the Old Man of Coniston. Descending sharply through the old quarries and mine works we head for Crawberry Haws and past Miners Bridge and into Coniston.
The walk encompasses 3 wainwrights.
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18/06/2025 Stroller - Location
June
Start: 10:30am
2 to 3 miles with Little Climbing
Each Mid-Week Stroller walk has a destination providing a walk and venue for drinks / snacks or meal and starts at 10:30am
Meet at (Sat Nav: ).
No details available.
12/06/2025 Thursday Car - Mellor Knoll and Whitemore circular
June
Start: 10:30am
7 Miles / 11km with 740ft / 226m Total Ascent
Meet at Dunsop Bridge Car Park, 8 hours £3.20. Please note that the car park pay machine is cash only (Sat Nav: BB7 3BB), ready for the usual start time 10:30am.
From Dunsop Bridge we walk North following the River Dunsop then West along Langden Brook to Hareden Farm.
There is then a steep but short climb up Mellor knoll and an undulating walk South through Whitemore wood.
A gentle descent takes us down to join the Ribble valley Jubilee trail to Burholme Bridge.
From here, it is a flat return along the Hodder to Dunsop Bridge.
To view a map of this walk, see JUNE Photo Gallery.
08/06/2025 Sunday Car - Wheelton
June
Start: 10:30am
7 Miles / km with minimal climbing.
Meet at Wheelton, by the war memorial in the village center (Sat Nav: PR6 8EY), ready for the usual start time 10:30am.
We will leave the village via Victoria St, cross the A674 and then walk up Briers Brow, cutting off to a footpath on the right and crossing fields to Logwood Mill Farm. Using the access road we will drop down to a path by the Goit which we will follow into White Coppice (lunch stop).
Leaving the cricket ground we will walk through the hamlet and cross a footbridge following a well-marked track past a series of lakes. We will emerge on to a country lane and take a second track towards an impressive railway bridge, veering left across open land and woodland to reach the A674. We will then join the canal towpath and after passing Johnson’s Hillock will reach Top Lock and return, by road, to Wheelton village.
25/05/2025 Coach - Pateley Bridge via Grassington
May
Start: 8:00am with 17:30pm return
12½ Miles / 20km with 2,150ft / 660m Total Ascent
Nidderdale lies on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, the River Nidd rising on the wild slopes of Great Whernside far to the north-west of Pateley Bridge. The landscape of the lower dale is quite pastoral but still characterised by rugged natural features such as the weirdly sculpted rocks on Brimham Moor and the gritstone scar of Guise Cliff, both visited on this walk.
From Pateley Bridge we follow the Nidderdale Way by way of Blazefield and White Houses to Brimham Rocks. Carved by the elements over many centuries into a variety of strange shapes including the ‘Dancing Bear’ and ‘The Anvil’, Brimham Rocks occupy a commanding position overlooking Nidderdale. It’s then downhill to Summerbridge, where we cross the River Nidd and begin the longish climb to Heyshaw and rejoin the Nidderdale Way. We traverse Guise Cliff and then comes Yorke’s Folly. What this structure commemorates is open to speculation. Our good friend Professor Bewaldeth from the University of Snittlegarth postulates the Folly was erected in celebration of a primeval warlord who had a habit of marching his troops up and down hills to keep them fit. Others, including Dr Bente Kanin-Vakmester of the Wyre Piddle gymnasium, believe it to be all that’s left of a huge aqueduct built by a Yorkshire faction of the ancient Horveht race of Lakeland pygmies (see ‘Footprints’ January to June 1992) that spanned the dale in Pre-Cambrian times. The truth is, no-one really knows! We return to Pateley Bridge and sanity by way of Skrikes Wood and Sugar Hill.
10 Miles / 16km with 1200ft / 365m Total Ascent
Starting from Pateley Bridge we follow the River Nidd north to Wath then head in a south easterly direction to Ashfold Side via Heathfield and Highfield. Here we join the Nidderdale Way which we follow past the old lead mines and on to Hillend.
We then start to climb up past Coldstones Fold and Partridge Garth to the B6265 and continue up to the Coldstones Cut. This is a grand scale piece of public art from where we can view the working quarry. It is very impressive and is our high point of the day at 421m.
Our route then takes us east past Moor Houses, Haver Garth and into Fishpond Wood. From here we drop down Sugar Hill and back into Pateley Bridge.
9 Miles / 15km with 985ft / 300m Total Ascent
Circular walk starting and ending in Patley Bridge. Following the river Nidd westerly for 2 and a half miles leaving the Nidd at Low Laithe, passing Knox House to Smelthouses, where we join the Nidderdale Way. Passing High Wood Farm to reach Brimham Rocks.
This is the highest point in the area with great views of the surrounding area.
Good information boards are around the Site explaining how the milestone grit rocks formations have been formed.
We will have lunch at the rocks. There is a visitor center and toilets.
We then return passing High Pasture Farm, Mill House on to the Nidderdale Way, passing Blazefield, and on to the " Panoramic Walk" which leads down to the High Street.
Having a snack on the Coach is advisable as we will be having a later lunch.
6 Miles / 9.7km with 394ft / 120m Total Ascent
From the coach park, we will walk north along the River Nidd for about half a mile before branching off to Corn Close. From there, we walk alongside Foster Beck passing the residential caravans. At Spring House Farm, we join the Nidderdale Way northwards and climb gradually through the fields to Heathfield. From there, we walk to Spring Hill Farm where we take the steepish descent towards Wath and enjoy the fine views across the Nidd valley and towards the distant Gouthwaite Reservoir. At Wath we follow the level Nidderdale Way south eastwards back to Pateley Bridge.
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