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The Ribble valley is easy to reach from the national road and rail networks, with both the M6 motorway and the West Coast main line passing through Preston. A good rail service from Ribblehead simplifies getting home again at the end of the journey.

MAPPING

Route finding is not a significant problem and, particularly in Lancashire, you will have little difficulty in spotting the distinctive blue RW icon waymarks periodically used to sign the path. Elsewhere the general yellow footpath arrows and occasional informal markers identify paths, and you will need to refer to the text or a map to keep yourself on the correct route. The OS map extracts accompanying the text show the corridor containing the Ribble Way, but do not give the detail found on the 1:25,000 scale Explorer maps – for example, the path in relation to field boundaries. Day walkers and those wanting to appreciate the wider countryside through which they are travelling will find the large-scale mapping invaluable. The four relevant sheets are given below.