Lancashire WalksWalking Routes & Hiking Trails
Find Lancashire walks from the list below which features the best walking routes in the area. Most are circular walks and are listed from the shortest and easiest to the longest more challenging routes.
The Lancashire walks listed below include a variety of circular walks graded from easier routes to more demanding hill walks. The walks include many of the most the most scenic areas including the two AONB's that lie within the county boundaries. All walks are free to download and print, and all longer routes have GPS files.
Walk | Description | Grade | Miles |
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2216 | Slaidburn Village Trail - Ribble Valley | easy | 0.75 |
2217 | Clitheroe Town Trail - Ribble Valley | easy | 1.00 |
3459★ | Abbeystead Reservoir Circular from Stoops Bridge | easy | 1.60 |
2196★ | Clowbridge Reservoir & Singing Ringing Tree | easy/mod | 4.00 |
2183★ | Irwell Sculpture Trail from Bacup | easy | 4.50 |
2164★ | Clougha Pike from the Jubilee Tower | easy/mod | 4.70 |
2257★ | Clougha Pike from Quernmore | easy/mod | 4.80 |
2720★ | Pendle Hill (use in mist) from Barley Green | moderate | 5.00 |
1267★ | Pendle Hill from Barley Green | moderate | 5.00 |
2137★ | Clougha & Goldsworthy's Installation Circular | moderate | 5.20 |
2293★ | Weets Hill from Barnoldswick | easy/mod | 5.30 |
2732★ | Darwen Tower & West Pennine Moors | easy/mod | 5.50 |
2505★ | Fair Snape Fell from Fell Foot, Forest of Bowland | moderate | 6.00 |
2245★ | Winter Hill & Rivington Pike | easy/mod | 6.00 |
1747★ | Oswaldtwistle Moor from Clough Head | easy/mod | 6.00 |
2938★ | Nick of Pendle from Pendleton | easy/mod | 6.30 |
1655★ | Downham & Pendle Hill (short version) | moderate | 6.30 |
3457★ | Wyre Valley Circular from Abbeystead | easy/mod | 6.40 |
1994★ | Cockerham, Glasson & Conder Green | easy/mod | 6.60 |
2384★ | Hodder Valley from Whitewell | easy/mod | 6.80 |
1641★ | Bankhouses via the Lancashire Coastal Way from Glasson | easy/mod | 7.00 |
3619★ | Ribchester Circular | easy/mod | 7.00 |
3730★ | Stocks Reservoir Circular | easy/mod | 7.00 |
2452★ | Dunsop Head from Slaidburn | easy/mod | 7.00 |
1458★ | The Rossendale Way from Greave | easy/mod | 7.00 |
2562★ | Whithnell Moor & Great Hill from Brinscall | moderate | 7.00 |
2543★ | Silverdale, Hawes Water & Jenny Brown's Point | easy | 7.00 |
2624★ | Tor Hill & High Moss, Nr Haslingden | moderate | 7.00 |
3584★☩ | Gragareth from Ireby | moderate | 7.40 |
2437★ | Bowland Knotts from Cross of Greet Bridge | moderate | 7.40 |
3111★ | Barley Circular from Barrowford | easy/mod | 7.50 |
2564★ | Calf Hey, Ogden & Holden Wood Reservoirs from Clough Head | moderate | 7.50 |
1742★ | Grit Fell from the Jubilee Tower near Quernmore | moderate | 7.70 |
2511★ | Silverdale & Arnside | easy/mod | 8.00 |
2532★ | Rivington Pike | moderate | 8.00 |
1902★ | Saddle Fell, Fair Snape Fell & Parlick from Chipping | moderate | 8.00 |
2555★ | Whitendale from Dunsop Bridge | moderate | 8.00 |
1818★ | Downham & Pendle Hill | moderate | 8.00 |
2331★ | Whin Fell & Ouster Rake from Dunsop Bridge | moderate | 8.30 |
3505★ | Whitewell via Crag Stones from Dunsop Bridge | easy/mod | 8.50 |
1287★ | Circuit of Pendle Hill from Barley Green | moderate | 8.50 |
2632★ | The Ribble Valley from Sawley | easy/mod | 9.00 |
3038★ | Wolfhole Crag from Tower Lodge | moderate | 9.00 |
1850★☩ | Great Hill & Anglezarke Reservoir | moderate | 9.00 |
2596★ | The River Brock & Beacon Fell | easy/mod | 9.00 |
2108★ | Darwen's Jubilee Tower from Abbey Village | easy/mod | 9.00 |
2376★☩ | Gragareth from Leck | moderate | 9.30 |
2510★ | Totridge Fell via Langden & Bleadale Water | mod/hard | 10.00 |
1218★ | Fiensdale Head & Bleasdale Water from near Sykes Farm | moderate | 10.00 |
2508★ | Dunsop Fell & the Forest of Bowland | moderate | 10.00 |
2594★ | Totridge Fell & Fiendsdale Head, Forest of Bowland | moderate | 11.00 |
1670★ | Hazelhurst Fell, Fair Snape Fell and Parlick from Delph Lane | moderate | 11.00 |
3329★ | Stocks Reservoir from Slaidburn | moderate | 11.50 |
1279★ | Blackpool to Fleetwood coast | moderate | 12.00 |
2278★ | Ward's Stone from Stoops Bridge | mod/hard | 13.00 |
2556★ | Whitendale & Dunsop Fell from Dunsop Bridge | mod/hard | 15.00 |
Walks that start in adjacent counties / areas.
Walks that start in adjacent counties or areas but cross the boundary and include sections of the route within Lancashire.
Walk | Description | Starts In |
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3032★☩ | Gragareth & Great Coum from Yordas Cave | North Yorkshire |
1421★☩ | Turf Moor & Black Hill | Greater Manchester |
3719★ | Ramsden Wood & Hades Hill from Walsden | West Yorkshire |
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Lancashire Guide
Lancashire offers many walking opportunities with a number of areas of high ground. The highest point is Gragareth (near Whernside) at 627 metres. The rivers drain west from the Pennines. The coast is backed by a coastal plain. Excellent areas for walking include Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape, Beacon Fell Country Park and the Forest of Bowland AONB, which includes Pendle Hill. Further south are the West Pennine Moors and the Forest of Rossendale.
Other walks in Britain - For a list of all the areas where walks are available go to the Main Walk Index.
Walk grading - Learn how each walk is assessed and select a walk to suit your ability and experience by going to Walk Grading Details.
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