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WALKING IN THE FOREST OF BOWLAND AND PENDLE
by
Terry Marsh
JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS,
OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL
About the Author
A writer and photographer since 1980, Terry Marsh specialises in the outdoors, the countryside, walking and travel worldwide. He is the author of over 70 books, including the award-winning Cicerone guides to the Northern Coast to Coast Walk (1994) and the Shropshire Way (1999), as well as guidebooks to the Pennine Way, the Severn Way and the West Highland Way.
Terry has a particular interest in Cumbria and the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, Lancashire, the Peak District, the Scottish islands (especially the Isle of Skye) and the Isle of Man. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA Scot), and a Member of the Society of Authors, MENSA, the NUJ and an honorary life member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild. He has an MA in Lake District Studies.
Terry is also interested in France, Australia, Ireland, Madeira, the Azores and food and wine.
Other Cicerone guides by the author
A Northern Coast to Coast Walk
Geocaching in the UK
Great Mountain Days in Snowdonia
Great Mountain Days in the Pennines
The Coast to Coast Walk
The Dales Way
The Isle of Man
The Isle of Mull
The Isle of Skye
The Severn Way
The West Highland Way
Walking on the West Pennine Moors
© Terry Marsh 2008
First edition 2008
ISBN-13: 978 185284 515 5
Reprinted 2011, 2014 and 2018 (with updates)
Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
All photographs are by the author
Updates to this Guide
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Front cover: Lush farmland around Pendle
CONTENTS
Areas Covered in this Guidebook
Walk 1 Crook o’ Lune and Caton
Walk 2 Crook o’ Lune–Aughton–Hawkshead
Walk 3 Annas Ghyll and Forge Mill
Walk 5 Ward’s Stone from Littledale
Walk 7 Ward’s Stone from Tarnbrook
Walk 9 Over Wyresdale
Walk 10 Hawthornthwaite Fell Top
Walk 11 Scorton, Nicky Nook and Grize Dale
Walk 12 Calder Vale
Walk 13 Brock Mill and Beacon Fell
Walk 14 Parlick and Fair Snape Fell
Walk 15 Langden Round
Walk 16 Brennand and Whitendale
Walk 17 Whitendale and Croasdale
Walk 18 Longridge Fell
Walk 19 Whitewell and the River Hodder
Walk 20 Dunsop Bridge and Hodder Bank Fell
Walk 21 Dunsop Bridge and Mellor Knoll
Walk 22 Gisburn Forest
Walk 23 Stocks Reservoir
Walk 24 Bowland Knotts
Walk 25 Slaidburn and Newton
Walk 26 Bradford Fell
Walk 27 Hurst Green and the Ribble Way