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ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, SEDBERGH

Low and wide, St Andrew’s is typical of many Dales churches and seems completely at one with the surrounding countryside. Its most notable feature is the stained glass filling the eastern window, installed at the end of the 19th century by one of the town’s great benefactors, Mrs Upton-Cottrell-Dormer of Ingmire Hall. In 1906, she presented the town with Queen’s Gardens to commemorate Victoria’s long reign, but the window here was given in memory of her husband and parents. Depicting Jesus calling his first disciples, Simon Peter and Andrew, to be ‘fishers of men’, it was designed by Victor Milner, considered to be one of the finest craftsmen of his day, and made by Watsons of Baker Street in London.

WALK 2

The Rivers Rawthey and Lune from Sedbergh

Start Sedbergh (SD657921) Distance 6½ miles (10.5km) Height gain 215m (705ft) Time 2hr30 Terrain Field paths and trods; a stream crossing may involve a paddle, return along a lane OS map Explorer OL19 – Howgill Fells & Upper Eden Valley Refreshments Pubs and cafés in Sedbergh Toilets Beside car parks Parking Car parks in Sedbergh (pay and display)

Nestling under the Howgill Fells, Sedbergh is a popular starting point for high-level walks onto the hills, but is equally well placed for many gentler rambles amongst the lower slopes. Downstream, the Dee and Rawthey combine to meet the River Lune, a corner criss-crossed by paths and quiet lanes that link the old mills and scattered valley farms that helped foster trade at the ancient market town. Amongst the sights are two impressive examples of Victorian engineering – viaducts that carried the former Ingleton railway above the rivers. The walk can be undertaken on its own, or treated as an extension to the previous ramble.