Walking and Cycling Pendle, Ribble Valley and The Forest of Bowland

Situated on the flank of Pendle Hill overlooking the Ribble Valley. From your doorstep you can chose either challenging moorland or gentle rolling countryside to explore.  No need to use your car. A short drive away there are endless possibilities, in Pendle you could explore the moors made famous by the Bronte sisters, in the Ribble Valley there are long quiet lanes riverside paths and ancient woodlands. Further there are undiscovered delights of the Forest of Bowland and the magnificence of the Yorkshire Dales.

Cycling or walking, below are just a small selection of leaflets and web pages to wet your appetite. One place that is a must for walking and cycling is Gisburn Forest.

Every year at the begining of September Pendle holds a walking festival with guided walks and special events.

The best maps for the area are Ordnance Survey OL41 Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale, OS Explorer Map sheet OL21 South Penninesand Landranger Map sheet 103.

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Local

Around Pendle (PDF 641kb)
Middop Hall Walk (PDF 3.6mb)
Rimington to Twiston (PDF 4.0mb)
Worston to Downham (PDF 1.1mb)

Gisburn Circular Walks web site

Rimington Walk 1 (PDF 511kb)
Rimington Walk 2 (PDF 551kb)
Rimington Walk 3 (PDF 595kb)
Rimington Walk 4 (PDF 556kb)
Rimington Walk 5 (PDF 522kb)

Leaflets produced by local tourist bodies in PDF format

Pendle

Pendle's own Three Peaks Pendle, Boulsworth, Weets (PDF 3.1mb)

Barley - Barrowford (PDF 1.8mb)

Downham Circular Walk 1 (PDF 583kb)
Downham Circular Walk 2 (PDF 794kb)
Downham Circular Walk 3 (PDF 779kb)

Pendle Hill Walk (PDF 892kb)

Ogden Reservoir and Fell Wood (PDF 260kb)

Aitken Wood (PDF 265kb)

Black Moss Reservoirs (PDF 301kb)

Newchurch - Pendle Hill - Barley (PDF 1.6mb)

Wycoller Country Park (PDF 601kb)

Foulridge beating the bounds (PDF 618kb)

Pendle cycleway (PDF 1.2mb)

Pennine cycleway (PDF 2.0mb)

Ribble Valley

Clitheroe Walks (No. 1) (PDF 677kb)
Clitheroe Walks (No. 2) (PDF 623kb)
Clitheroe Walks (No. 3) (PDF 726kb)
Clitheroe Walks (No. 4) (PDF 634kb)

Tolkien Trail, Walk in the footsteps of author J.R.R. Tolkien (PDF 380kb)

Lancashire cheese trails

Creamy Lancashire Cheese trail leaflet (PDF 865kb)
Crumbly Lancashire Cheese trail leaflet (PDF 752kb)
Tasty Lancashire Cheese trail leaflet (PDF 745kb)

Forest of Bowland

Slaidburn to Dunsop Bridge (PDF 1,859kb)
Dunsop to Chipping (PDF 1326kb)
Stocks Reservoir Walk (PDF 610kb)

Bowland By Bike (PDF 3,466kb)

Gisburn Forest Mountain Bike Trails (PDF 5.7mb)

Gisburn Forest Guide (PDF 313kb)

Gisburn Forest Family cycle route leaflet (PDF 232kb)

Birding in Bowland Leaflet (PDF 5.5mb)

Forest of Bowland AONB Map (PDF 4,589kb)

Forest of Bowland AONB General Information (PDF 4,029kb)

Forest of Bowland AONB Access Land (PDF 6,420kb)

Forest of Bowland AONB Treading Carefully (PDF 268kb)

Please follow the Countryside Code (PDF 268kb)