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Imagine that: Lancashire, a place of outstanding natural beauty. If nothing else, this book sets out to show that there is much less smoky greyness about present-day Lancashire, and considerably more from which to fashion fond memories.

Primarily, this book offers walks within the AONB, but this is split between the Forest of Bowland and the ‘bewitching’ countryside of Pendle to the south. Between the two lies the Ribble Valley, centred around the town of Clitheroe. So, to make life simple, and provide a remarkable contrast of walks, the range of the book reaches from north of the River Lune (which passes through the northern part of the AONB), across the Ribble Valley, and around Pendle Hill to the outskirts of Colne and Nelson. In essence, then, the Forest of Bowland and Pendle AONB, plus all the delectable countryside in between.

Summit of Parlick – a rash of stones set against the Lancashire fells (Walk 14)

The terrain within this area is extremely diverse, from the lush farmlands of the Ribble Valley, to the more rugged rough pastures of the Forest of Bowland uplands, to the huge boggy uplifts of the main Bowland massif itself. It’s all wonderfully wild walking country.