13/09/2026 Coach Walk - Braithwaite & Keswick

8:00 start with return at 17:30 from Keswick, 17:40 from Braithwaite

Tickets for the Autumn Social Event taking place on 2 October at 7pm will be available on this coach. See separate entry for more information.

A Walk - Coledale Round with John Parkinson

9.98 miles / 16.1 km with 4403 ft / 1343 m Total Ascent

Six Wainwrights are climbed in this shortish but punchy hike from Braithwaite.  From Whinlatter Pass we head up over Kinn and Sleet How before hauling up the steep climb to Grisedale Pike.  From there it’s onto Hobcarton Crag, Hopegill Head, over to Crag Hill and Sail, before completing the less rigorous tops of Outerside, Stile End and Barrow.

B+ Walk - Barrow with Val Walmsley
9 miles / 14.5 km with 1353 ft / 420 m Total Ascent

From Braithwaite long gradual ascent up Barrow, drop down to Barrow Door. Climb Stile End, short, & return to main path. Follow this down Stonycroft Ghyll, dramatic all round, to Rowling End Farm. East to Ghyll Bank, Skelgill & finally reach Cumbria Way to return to Keswick.

B Walk - Keswick around Derwent Water with Bob Evans

10 miles / 16 km with 377 ft / 115 m Total Ascent

A walk around Derwent Water this walk could potentially incur some wading through some  shallow water for a stretch of about 50 metres so I suggest if you can carry some old footwear ie trainers or beach footwear.

Hopefully it will be dry enough this time of year not to need these items but best to be prepared.There will be an alternative route if needed but doubtful. 

C Walk - Title with Jan Atkins & Barbara Gilbert
 miles / km with ft / m Total Ascent
No details available.

15/10/2026 Thursday Car - Garstang/Grisedale/Calder Vale

October

Start: 10:30am 

B Walk - Garstang/Grisedale/Calder Vale with Stuart Arnold
9.5 miles / 15.3 km with 950 ft / 300 m Total Ascent

Note - The date of this walk has been changed from its original date of 8 October to 15 October.

Meet at High Street Car Park, Garstang (Sat Nav: PR3 1WZ), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.

We start our walk from the bottom of the main car park in Garstang. We walk up and over the river and then follow it all the way to the motorway and the railway which we cross just near Woodacre Hall.

We then follow the track past Long Crossey Wood and walk up the road to access the track up the Grisedale valley which we follow up to Grisedale Bridge. We then walk up the road and join the track which takes us over Barnacre moor down past Bank Farm and and Kelbrick Farm and down into Calder Vale. Leaving we join a path past the horse stables and down to Heald Farm. From here we walk down past Clarksons Farm across the motorway and the railway and back into Garstang.

02/10/2026 Autumn Social Event

 

October

Start: 7:00pm Prompt

Slide Show, Quiz, Raffle & Hotpot Supper.

Tickets cost £12 which includes a Hotpot Supper or vegetarian option (Cheesy Butter Pie), plus a choice of desserts.

There will be a slide show of photographs from club walks, a fun quiz and a Raffle.

Drinks including tea, coffee and alcohol can be purchased on the night.

The venue will be The Longton VM Sports & Social Club, School Lane, Longton, Preston PR4 5ZA starting at 7.00pm.

Tickets available from Committee Members, or email gensecpdwc@gmail.com for details of how to buy tickets. (Vegetarian option available if notified when buying ticket). 

28/09/2026 Annual General Meeting

September

Start: 7:00pm until 9:00pm

The Annual General Meeting is on Monday

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.

27/09/2026 Sunday Car - Location

September

Start 10:30am

B/C Walk - Location with Leader 
X miles (Xkm) with 000ft (000m) Total Ascent

Meet at LOCATION (Sat Nav: POSTCODE - Map Ref: REFERENCE), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.

No details available

16/09/2026 Stroller - Miller and Avenham Parks

September

Start: 10:30am

Miller and Avenham Parks AND the New TRAM BRIDGE with Barry Hayhurst
2 to 3 miles with little climbing  

Each Mid-Week Stroller walk has a destination providing a venue for drinks / snacks / meals etc.

Meet on the former Preston Sports club car park on South Meadow Lane PR1 8HX at 10:30am.

 

A Stroll through Miller and Avenham Parks to cross the River Ribble via the " New Tram Bridge " and wander down the South Ribble side of the River Ribble .  
Hopefully the bridge will be finished AND open by then ... more details to follow later.

10/09/2026 Thursday Car - Hoghton Beamers Trail

September

Start: 10:30am 

B Walk - Hoghton Bottoms and The Beamers Trail with Lynne Rowett
8 miles / 12.5 km with 900 ft / 273 m Total Ascent

Meet at Chapel Lane, Hoghton PR5 0RY ready for the usual start time of 10.30am - please park on the straight stretch of road after the houses but before the bridge over the railway.

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The Beamers Trail forms part of the much longer Witton Weavers Way.

The walk takes us firstly by the boundary wall of Hoghton Tower, over the railway line and then down to Hoghton Bottoms where we join the Beamers Trail. Initially we will be walking by the River Darwen then through open fields to reach Pleasington Priory from here we drop down to Witton Country Park (a legacy of the Fielden family) for lunch and a toilet stop. We then continue up through the woods and skirt around Billinge Hill before arriving at the Wainwright Stone, we will stop here to take in the views. We then drop down through the fields to return to the river at Hoghton Bottoms then retracing our steps in part to return to the cars.

A lovely walk through hill and dale, fingers crossed for a nice day.

07/09/2026 Committee Meeting

September

Start: 7:00pm until 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.

30/08/2026 Sunday Car - Great Eccleston

August

Start 10:30am

B Walk - Great Eccleston with Chris Airey
7 miles (11.25 km) with little climbing

Meet at St Mary's Church, Hall Lane, Great Eccleston (Sat Nav: PR3 0XN), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.

Walk through the village down to Cartforth Bridge, onto the river bank then over the footbridge to Hagg Lane, passing Wild Boat Farm and Turnover Hall Farm, then back on the riverbank to The Grapes hotel (detour to point of interest). Return to Great Eccleston via fields and riverbank.

20/08/2026 Thursday Car - Haslingden Grane and Rossendale Way (rescheduled from 13/08/2026)

August

Start: 10:30am 

Note This walk has been rescheduled as temperatures of 30°C are forecast for the original date of 13/08/2026

B Walk - Haslingden Grane and Rossendale Way with Katie Clenshaw (Susan Douglass can no longer lead it)
7.5 miles / 12 km with 991 ft / 302 m Total Ascent

Meet at Clough Head Quarry Free Car Park (BB4 4AT) off Grane Road Haslingden ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.

We climb up Nab Hill then drop down into the valley between Calf Hey and Ogden Reservoirs. We go up Musbury Heights on the other side and along the Rossendale Way then back down along the end of Holden Wood reservoir. For our return we go back up the other side of the valley to skirt Haslingden Moor, again on the Rossendale Way, then drop back to the car park. The walk passes the spoil heaps of the old Musbury Heights Quarry. The chimney (restored in 2004) is part of the scrubbing mill where flagstones were dragged round to smooth their surface. The finished stone was brought down the hillside in tubs supported by a steel rope, on a long, straight incline. There are fabulous views of the valleys and surrounding moors.