Penwortham Circular via River Ribble - RE EDITED AS NEW WALK BY DELPHINIUM
The walk starts from Penwortham water tower(01 Start on map) and follows the anticlockwise circular route via River Ribble, Howick Cross and Blashaw Wood.
Technical sheet
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A Penwortham walk
posted on 01/11/20 by gfl57. Last update : 21/08/23
(S/E) Cross the main road onto Priory Lane. Briefly head north along Priory Lane. Head West along Blundell lane. Continue along Blundell Lane. Continue down Blundell Lane. Take the footpath on the east side of the golf club entrance. Pass through the metal gate. Cross beck and head north-west. Continue north on path.
(1) Head west along the river bank. Continue west beside River Ribble. Continue West along the river bank. Take the footpath on the west side of Mill Brook.
(2) Continue south on the footpath. Follow the path south-east over the stile. Cross stile in the south-east corner of the field and head south along the hedgerow. Exit via gate and head south towards houses. the path makes way between the houses.
(3) Turn east along Ratten Lane. Take next footpath going north off lane. Cross Mill Brook and continue north up the slope. Cross bridge and follow the path north between hedges.
(4) Take Howick Cross Lane northeast.
(5) Take track north to Old Hall. Take track beside farm buildings. Take path East behind the hall. Cross onto the north side of the hedge. Enter Blashaw Wood via a stile. Take the path on the north side of the clearing. Take gate onto Blashaw Lane. Follow lane east.
(6) Head north on Liverpool Road. Continue North along Liverpool Road until you're back at the start.(S/E)
Waypoints
S/E : km 0 - alt. 28 m - Priory Lane
1 : km 0.98 - alt. 11 m - River bank
2 : km 3.78 - alt. 6 m - Footpath
3 : km 5.5 - alt. 19 m - Ratten Lane
4 : km 7.01 - alt. 21 m - Howick Cross Lane
5 : km 7.85 - alt. 24 m - Old Hall
6 : km 8.94 - alt. 24 m - Liverpool Road
S/E : km 9.74 - alt. 28 m - Priory Lane
Useful Information
Food and drink available in Penwortham.
Parking at start.
Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.
Date of walk : 13/08/23 Clarity of route description : ★★★☆☆ Average Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good Walk interest : ★★★★☆ Good
This walk begins very well descriptively. Down to the river and along the bank and left at the stream and through the woods.
When we came from point 5 to 6 and we had to pass the farm there were no signs whatsoever -easy get lost - but we spoke to the farmer and kindly showed us the way through and it was quite confusing to find a way through to get to Blashaw woods. Once there we had another obstacle as there was no path which might have been washed away by the stream or had collapsed. We had to use our google maps to find us the way through and the arrow GPS of the map helped as well.
Otherwise (except the mud) it was very interesting walk. Thanks.
Rodney
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Overall rating :
3.7 / 5
Date of walk : 02/05/21 Clarity of route description : ★★★☆☆ Average Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good Walk interest : ★★★★☆ Good
This walk begins very well descriptively. Down to the river and along the bank and left at the stream and through the woods. It then goes very vague. "Follow the hedgerow" somehow means cross two fields diagonally! If my partner hadn't had her phone we would have been completely lost. So a nice walk marred by poor description of the route.
