Venturing into unfamiliar countryside is always a bit of an adventure. Will the paths have vanished? Will there be any waymarks to follow? Well, apart from a momentary lapse above Lane Head, Wyre Countryside Service are to be congratulated on their footpath signs around Dolphinholme. This village, centred on a worsted spinning mill on the River Wyre, grew from just a few farms at the end of the 18th century, but its main claim to fame is that it was the first village in the country to be lit by gas.
LOCATION: Fourteen miles north of Preston
START: Wyreside Lakes Fishery signed from A6
Grid ref: SD513521 Postcode: LA2 9DG
DISTANCE: 6.5 miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 3.5 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - Forest of Bowland Landranger 102
NOTE: www.wyresidelakes.co.uk Tel 01524 792093
REFRESHMENTS: Wyreside Fishery
EN ROUTE: Coreless Mill, Crosshill Four Lane Ends
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News