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 OL21: South Pennines

 OL41: Forest of Bowland and Ribblesdale

 Explorer 287: West Pennine Moors

 Harvey Maps: Forest of Bowland

Distances and Height Gain

These are approximate and have been rounded up or down, but they are sufficiently accurate to allow calculation of times using Naismith’s (15 minutes for every 1km of distance plus 10 minutes for every 100m of ascent) or other rules.

Paths

Waymark – one of several dotted around the moors (Walk 8)

There are numerous paths throughout Lancashire’s countryside – the county is well stocked with rights-of-way – but it should be noted that any reference to paths or other lines of ascent does not imply that a right-of-way exists.

Access

The author has walked without challenge throughout the Lancashire countryside for many years, and most walkers enjoy the same liberty. The Countryside and Rights-of-way Act, 2000, however, made a great deal of what was technically a ‘no-go’ area freely accessible to walkers – go to www.gov.uk/right-of-way-open-access-land. You’ll see that Access Land areas are marked on the latest maps. This general freedom, however, must be exercised responsibly, and is not a licence to clamber over walls and fences indiscriminately, causing damage, or to tramp through fields of crops.