C Walk - A circular walk from Wheelton with Jean Gabbatt
6 to 7 miles (9.7 to 11km) with minimal climbing.
Meet at Wheelton village centre by the war memorial (Sat Nav: PR6 8EY), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.
Leaving the village via Victoria Street we will cross the A674 and walk halfway up Briers Brow to cut off along a footpath and over a series of fields to Logwood Mill Farm. From there we will take an access road and drop down to a path by a stream which we will follow to reach White Coppice.
Skirting the cricket pitch we will then walk towards the centre of the hamlet and take a footbridge which passes a chain of ponds well-loved by anglers. Emerging onto a country lane we will cross it and follow a second field track to a railway bridge before veering left, across open land and woodland, to the A674. Crossing this road, we will head for the canal tow path climbing Johnson's Hillock with its seven locks.
This will takes us to Top Lock Inn where there are two routes back to Wheelton. The shortest of these follows the road to the war memorial. The second option takes the tow path to the next bridge and up a track to a higher road leading into the village centre.