Length of walk 5 miles, 3.5 hours approx. Led by Nigel Hardacre.
This is an easy route, but good walking shoes or boots are recommended as we go through fields to ‘connect’ both canals. There is the old Lancaster Canal (1797), and the ‘new’ Ribble Link (2002) plus other local history from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Meet at Haslam Park main car park off Bristow Avenue. 9.45am for a 10.00 a.m. start. (PR2 1JE)
(People arriving by car cannot turn right into the Park (Bristow Avenue) going out from Preston, but they can turn left coming in from the Blackpool direction. Coming from Preston you will have to go past, turn further up and then come back.)
The return part of the walk stops off at the Final Whistle café and Uclan Sports ground for outside seating and WC’s.
This walk is organised in conjunction with Lancaster Canal Trust and Friends of Tram Bridge
Access for all
Ribble Link and Lancaster Canal Walk
Length of walk 5 miles, 3.5 hours approx. Led by Nigel Hardacre.
This is an easy route, but good walking shoes or boots are recommended as we go through fields to ‘connect’ both canals. There is the old Lancaster Canal (1797), and the ‘new’ Ribble Link (2002) plus other local history from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Meet at Haslam Park main car park off Bristow Avenue. 9.45am for a 10.00 a.m. start. (PR2 1JE)
(People arriving by car cannot turn right into the Park (Bristow Avenue) going out from Preston, but they can turn left coming in from the Blackpool direction. Coming from Preston you will have to go past, turn further up and then come back.)
The return part of the walk stops off at the Final Whistle café and Uclan Sports ground for outside seating and WC’s.
This walk is organised in conjunction with Lancaster Canal Trust and Friends of Tram Bridge
Details
Time
10.00 am
Please arrive for 9.45 for a 10.00 a.m. prompt start
Contact
Nigel Hardacre
Further Reading
Nigel will be bringing along copies of The Lancaster Canal Trust Guide Book(£8), Janet Rigby’s book on the Lancaster Canal (£5) and copies of Gordon Biddle’s book, 200 years on the Lancaster Canal (£10), so please bring some cash if you want to buy any books and save on postage.
Ribble Link and Lancaster Canal
Places must be booked via email to : [email protected]
