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Beside the Lune

Just before reaching the main road, turn right back onto the old railway trackbed. Later, when the trackbed reaches a surfaced lane (Caton lies just to the left if you want to go in search of refreshment), keep forward along the trackbed, which will guide you back to the start at Crook o’ Lune.

Extension

Walkers wanting to make a little more of this route can begin at Skerton Bridge on the north side of Lancaster and follow a surfaced path alongside the river, heading out of the city. This eventually runs beneath the M6 motorway and passes the village of Halton on the opposite side of the river, and continues quite delightfully all the way to Crook o’ Lune. To do this will effectively double the walk.

WALK 2

Crook o’ Lune–Aughton–Hawkshead

Start/Finish Crook o’ Lune car park (refreshments; toilets) (SD521647) Distance 11.5km (7 miles) Total Ascent 185m (605ft) Terrain Riverside and field paths, some road walking, some trackless pastures; be aware that the river often floods, making this route impassable Maps Explorer OL41 (Forest of Bowland and Ribblesdale)

The most northerly walk in this guidebook, this enjoyable circuit takes in some of the countryside of Halton-with-Aughton parish, north of the River Lune. It begins in company with the river, but then climbs up to the village of Aughton before finding a way across mainly farmland to Hawkshead and Halton Park. The Lune and the woodlands to the north are invariably teeming with birdlife – woodpeckers (great spotted and green), buzzard, curlew, oystercatcher, common sandpiper, sand martin, goosander, kingfisher, grey wagtail, tree creeper, chiffchaff, chaffinch, and the usual array of hedgerow birds.