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Guided Walk - Ribble Link - Lancaster Canal
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Length of walk 5.5 miles, 4 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. 9.15am for a 9.30 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 Cafe at UClan Sports ground for outside seating and WC’s (facilities also is Haslam park)

This walk is organised in conjunction with Lancaster Canal Trust.

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IWA Lancashire & Cumbria Branch
Event Dates

Saturday 6th July

Sign up Deadline

05/07/2024 8:00 pm

Location

Preston

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Ribble Link and Lancaster Canal Walk

Length of walk 5.5 miles, 4 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. 9.15am for a 9.30 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 Cafe at UClan Sports ground for outside seating and WC’s (facilities also is Haslam park)

This walk is organised in conjunction with Lancaster Canal Trust.

Details

Time

09.30am

Please arrive for 9.15 for at 9.30 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 (£2) 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]

 

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Location

Preston

Bristow Avenue, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston PR2 1JE, UK

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