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Best walks in Lancashire<\/h2>\n
Sunderland Point, Lancashire<\/h3>\n
3.1 miles\/5km | 2 hours | easy<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Fishing boats grounded on the tidal mudflats of Sunderland Point, a peninsula sandwiched between the River Lune and Morecambe Bay\/Credit: Joan Martn, Photonorth<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n Sunderland Point is\u00a0set at the mouth of the River Lune on\u00a0the southern shores of Morecambe Bay. It\u2019s a remote and secretive\u00a0spit of land, surrounded\u00a0by creeks and marshes.<\/p>\n
But with this isolation comes solitude and the chance for nature to thrive.\u00a0Explore the shingle, marsh and sombre past of this\u00a0windswept peninsula on the Lancashire coast on a 3.5-mile circular walk.<\/p>\n
Sunderland Point walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n
Rivington Terraced Gardens<\/h3>\n
2.7-mile\/4.3km | 1.5 hours | easy<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Explore the overgrown pathways of Rivington Terraced Gardens\/Credit: Alamy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n Like the remains of a lost civilisation, the ruins and follies of Lord Leverhulme\u2019s terraced gardens add a real spirit of adventure and discovery\u00a0to an exploration\u00a0of Rivington Wood.<\/p>\n
In the early 20th century, soap baron Lord Leverhulme created a terraced garden of Japanese lakes, pagodas, archways, Romanesque bridges and an elaborate ballroom. By 1925 it was all abandoned and today is being reclaimed by nature. It\u2019s a great place to spice up a walk with a game of \u2018hide and seek\u2019.<\/p>\n
Rivington Terraced Gardens walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n
Blackburn to Hoghton Bottoms<\/h3>\n
6.6 miles\/10.6km | 3 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Hoghton Bottoms waterfalls in Lancashire\/Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n Hanging woodlands drape the hidden gorge of the River Darwen where it cleaves through a sandstone ridge near Blackburn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
A good, often muddy path traces the river past industrial relics, beside foaming torrents and through a revitalised weaving hamlet. A canalside start, a charming village pub and a country park add variety to this beautiful walk.<\/p>\n
Hoghton Bottoms walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n
Lune Estuary<\/h3>\n
7.1 miles\/11.5km | 4 hours | moderate<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>The River Lune winds through Cumbria and Lancashire\/Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n Catch this quiet corner of the Lancashire coast on a misty morning and it\u2019s like a lost world. Creeks meander and loop through saltmarsh, wraith-like mists swirl across placid pools, invisible stock grazes the nearby reeds, halyards rustle against ghostly masts.<\/p>\n
On summer afternoons the area is equally enchanting, with pinks colouring the shoreline and glistening Morecambe Bay preparing for a sunset of riotous colours. The distant Lakeland<\/a> mountains complete the painting.<\/p>\n
Lune Estuary walking route and map<\/a><\/p>\n
Pendle Hill<\/h3>\n
5 miles\/8km | 3 hours | moderate\u2013challenging<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>View across farmland towards distant fells, looking towards Pendle Hill in the Forest of Bowland\/Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n Pendle Hill is said to haunted by the doomed witches to this day \u2013 and many locals refuse to climb the hill after dark. When looking at it from a distance, Pendle Hill does have a sinister air; its brooding slopes are often enveloped in melancholic mist.<\/p>\n
- Best walks in the Yorkshire Dales National Park<\/a><\/li>\n
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