For a quiet country walk the Lancaster Canal near Cockerham takes some beating. Yellow iris edge the water, brandy bottle and white water lilies float on the surface, honeysuckle and wild roses adorn the hedges and swans glide serenely by.
LOCATION: Fifteen miles north of Preston
START: B5272 Cockerham Parish Hall, toilets opposite Manor Inn
Grid ref: SD465520 Postcode: LA2 0EF
DISTANCE: 5 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 2.5 hours
MAP: Explorer - Lancaster & Morecambe Landranger 102
REFRESHMENTS: Manor Inn
EN ROUTE: Glasson, Ellel Grange, River Cocker
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News