7 to 8miles / 11 to 12.9km with very flat walking.
Meet at Mawdesley village hall, Hurst Green (L40 2QT), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.
This trail was designed to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II´s Golden Jubilee and follows a level ‘figure of eight´ route within the boundaries of Mawdesley, but with views of distant fells and lowland Lancashire.
The walk will commence at 10.30am and will venture out, cross-country, to Mawdesley Moss. The route takes a circular sweep along tracks and field boundaries, passing Wood Lane Farm and then veering back, via fields and Rectory Wood, to meet the road at the reputedly haunted, but derelict Black Bull pub. A short walk will take us back to the village hall.
The second half of the trail crosses Mawdesley Millennium Green before reaching Smithy Lane and a cross-field route to St Peter´s CE Church. With Harrock Hill in view we will cross fields and lanes to reach Cedar Farm Gallery and pass through its car park to a boundary track and Back Lane, from where a varied route of paths, fields and roads bring us to some old quarries and Mawdesley´s war memorial with a short road walk back to the car park.