Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> 7.1 miles\/11.5km | 4 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n 1 Glasson dock<\/strong><\/p>\n Start at the The Stork Hotel and join the Lancashire Coastal Way to Glasson, once a railway that linked to Lancaster. The dock thrives as a leisure marina while still catering for coasters and inshore fishing boats. It was built in 1787 to serve Lancaster, as the city\u2019s wharves and channel had silted up. In 1825, it was connected to the inland waterways network by a branch of the Lancaster Canal, allowing large ships to reach Lancaster.<\/p>\n Turn along Tithebarn Hill, topping out beyond the village edge and an immense panorama of marsh, bay and hills. Keep left, then go right from the sharp-left bend on to Marsh Lane and, beyond caravans, along a grassy field track to Crook Farm. Turn left along the lane here.<\/p>\n 2 The lighthouse<\/strong><\/p>\n Fork right at Lighthouse Cottage, recalling a lighthouse built in 1847. The wooden-towered 16m (54ft) lighthouse, lit by paraffin lamps until 1947, was demolished in 1954.<\/p>\n Continue along the shoreline before veering left to the remains of Cockersand Abbey, founded in 1192. Walk through the derelict farmyard and along the access track to Moss Lane. Bear left, drinking in the wide horizons and the distant Bowland Fells. Keep right at the junction, remaining on Moss Lane to the left turn for Glasson Dock.<\/p>\n 3 To the Stork Inn<\/strong><\/p>\n After 650m, take the waymarked gate right and walk the edge of two fields to a drainage ditch. Turn right; in 200m go left on the fenced track, reaching a road beyond a gate and houses. Turn right for 80m, then left along a track beside Hill House. Beyond the pen, walk ahead to the canal bridge; drop to the towpath and turn right, canal to your left. At the bridge past The Mill, turn right to find The Stork Hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lune Estuary walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n HOW TO GET THERE<\/strong> Find Out More <\/strong>![\""Singing\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2019\/02\/Singing-Ringing-Tree-Lancashire-d702898.jpg?quality=45&resize=556,556"\" "\\"\"Singing\\"\/")
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