The Lancashire Coastal Way is a 137 mile long distance footpath that follows the coastline of Lancashire from Freckleton in the south to the Arnside/Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the north.

WALK 1

Freckleton to Lytham

This walk takes you 'beside the seaside' - just, but commences with the river Ribble as it nears its estuary. For its whole length the route does not deviate from the lancashire Coastal Way giving it the merit of being extremely easy to follow.

For details of this walk dowmload our PDF file Freckleton to Lytham

 

 

WALK 2

Pilling and Knott End


On this stretch of the Coastal Way you will be given wide views across Morecambe Bay towards the Lake District fells and inland towards Bowland.

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WALK 3

Glasson Dock and Cockersand Abbey

There must have been a time when monasteries seemed as all powerful as today's supermarket chains. And then along came Anne Boleyn. About the county there are numerous remains of abbeys ruined on the back of the Reformation half a millennia ago. Cockersands Abbey is one such. In a different way Glasson Dock represents the hubris of another age. Built in 1787 to serve Lancaster, this tiny port never quite fulfilled the dreams of its investors, even after a link to the Lancaster Canal in 1825 and a rail link (now disused) some 12 years later.

For details of this walk dowmload our PDF file Glasson Dock and Cockersand Abbey

 

WALK 4

Sunderland Point


Sunderland is not a place to visit without consulting your tide table. At high tide this hamlet on the Lune Estuary is temporarily cut off along its road route from Overton. This walk, however, approaches the settlement from the north, almost in the shadow of Heysham Nuclear Power Station. In doing so it passes "Sambo's Grave" a poignant reminder of the county's connections with the slave trade.

 

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 WALK 5

 Hest Bank


 Just north of Lancaster the land becomes pinched to produce a narrow corridor between the vast expanse of Morecambe Bay to the west, and an area of relatively high ground to the east. Consequently all communications between north and south have exploited this strip of land - canal, railway, main trunk road and motorway, each a chapter in the history of transport, lying side by side, within a distance of just 3 Km. This short walk begins on the Lancashire Coastal Way but will bring you to the Lancaster Canal and along a particularly pleasant reach of it through the villages of Bolton-le-Sands and Hest Bank.

For details of this walk dowmload our PDF file Hest Bank