Witton Country Park 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 and starts at 10:30am.
Meet in the main entrance car park (Sat Nav: BB2 2TB), then afterwards at at the Houghton Arms , Withnell (Sat Nav: PR6 8BL).
Witton Country Park is situated within 480 acres of woodland, playing fields and farm land.
From the car park (charge applies 50p to £1.50) we head towards the Pavilion, toilets available. Passing the Arena athletics track. From here we cross playing fields to cross the bridge over the River Darwen and follow its course joining a short section of The Witton Weavers Way, encountering some “ornamental art work” on our way to Butlers Bridge. Crossing fields we cross over Tower Road walking along the edge of woodlands next to playing fields into a short section of woodland through to another field. Which eventually brings us out to “The Wits”, an adventure playground which the more adventurous of us can spend sometime being “adventurous”. In the mean time the rest of us will make our way to the old stables and coach house (the only surviving parts of Witton House) to see the animals. From here we make our way to the ornamental lily pond via an avenue on Yew trees (that need some attention), eventually making our way back to the car park .