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A beautiful walk through parkland to a

lonely church perched by a quarry.

Map OS Explorer 245

Start Church Square, Melbourne DE73

8JH (OS ref 389250).

Walk Through park gates; left beside

the pond. In ¼ mile, cross outflow

(391247); bear left; in 30m, right (yellow

arrow/YA, fingerpost) on field path. In

½ mile, join stony drive from Common

Farm; in 200m, at yellow-topped post/

YTP (389237), half-left across field. Cross

footbridge (392235); up through two

woodland belts; down to Park

Pale (396233). Right; in

50m, along golf course

edge (YAs, YTPs)

for nearly ¾ mile to

road (402228). Left;

at village green,

left (403229,

“Quarry Loop”). In

150m, right (Hollow

Road); from Cherry

Orchard house, uphill

to church (405233).

Past car park, down to

road (414235); right; in 150m,

left (YTP, YA) on Cross Britain Way. Cross

road at Park Farm (398243); descend

one field; at gate, left (396246, fenced

path) to clockwise circuit of the pond.

At road (386250), right to church.

Getting there Bus 2 (Derby-Swadlincote).

Lunch Harpurs, Melbourne DE73 8FE

(01332 862124;

harpursofmelbourne.co.uk).

Info nationalforest.org

Right along Hatterrall Ridge. In 900m,

pass trig pillar (305279); in another

600m, pass cairn (300283); in 250m, at

second cairn at crosspaths, right

(299285), then left downhill (north). In

550m, hairpin right at crosstracks

(300291), downhill to road (304289);

right to Lower Turnant. Right along

gravel driveway (308291, fingerpost).

Follow white arrows, then YA through

fields to cross footbridge (315293); back

across fields to Longtown Castle.

Getting there Longtown is signed off

A465 (Abergavenny-Hereford).

Lunch Crown Inn, Longtown

HR2 0LT (01873 860217;

crowninnlongtown.co.uk).

Information visitengland.com

track. Path west across fields for 1¼

miles by Bracken Hill Farm (927392) and

Higher Stunstead (916390) to B6250 in

Trawden (912389); left to Trawden Arms.

Getting there Bus M3, Trawden-

Accrington. Road: Trawden (B6250) is

signed off A6068 in Colne.

Lunch Trawden Arms (01282 337055;

trawdenarms.co.uk).

Information visitlancashire.com

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the sofa and go for a holiday hike

A lovely moorland walk for a clear

frosty winter’s day. The old walled track

from Coldwell reservoirs gives firm

ground underfoot as you follow it over

to Wycoller and the melancholy ruin of

Wycoller Hall in its dell; then back over

sheep pastures with the shoulder of

Pendle Hill as an aiming point.

Map OS Explorer OL21

Start Trawden Arms, Trawden,

Lancashire BB8 8RU (OS ref SD 912388).

Walk South along lane by Trawden

Arms. In 450m, cross road (912384);

lane, then field path (911383) south past

radio mast (909378), Pasture Springs

Farm (908377) to Moss Barn (907374).

Right along front of house; yellow

arrows/gate/stile into plantation. Left

(south) on path through trees, then

across moor (905370, yellow arrow),

aiming half-right to road beside Lower

Coldwell Reservoir (903364). Left; in

350m, left (903361), following “Pennine

Bridleway”, “Wycoller”. In 3 miles, cross

Turnhole Clough (941379); in 300m, left

(943381, “Wycoller”) down to Wycoller

(933392). Cross bridge; in 200m, on

right bend, through wooden gate

(930394, fingerpost) on right of farm

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Trawden and Wycoller, Lancashire

How hard is it? 8 miles; moderate; paths and tracks

TRAWDEN

Trawden Arms

Pasture

Springs

Farm

Moss Barn Farm

Coldwell

Reservoirs

Boulsworth Hill

Pennine

Bridleway

The Forest

of Trawden

Turnhole

Clough

Bronte Way

Wycoller

Hall

Wycoller

Bracken

Higher Hill Farm

Stunstead

Farm

B6250

to Colne

To Nelson

Colne

start

LANCASHIRE

YORKSHIRE

500 metres

Manchester

Bradford

Longtown and Hatterrall Ridge, Herefordshire

How hard is it? 5¾ miles; moderate/demanding; one steady ascent

Abergavenny HR2 0LE (OS ref

SO 321292).

Walk From castle, right

along road. In 100m,

right (322290); path

down to cross road

(320288). Through

gate, left of ford

(“permissive path”);

in 50m, right across

brook; path to Cayo

Farm (317285), then

rising southwest

across fields to foot of

slope. Cross green track

(309279, yellow arrow/YA);

left up slope for ½ mile to

Offa’s Dyke Path/ODP (308270).

A vigorous walk that is perfect

for a crisp winter’s day, with

the clouds and mist clear

of the Black Mountain

ridges. From the

ancient Offa’s Dyke

monument along

Hatterrall Ridge,

enjoy sensational

views across

the hilly Welsh

border, before

dropping back

down to Longtown

Castle, some

1,300ft below.

Map OS Explorer OL13

Start Longtown Castle, near

MELBOURNE

Golf

course

Park

Farm

Common

Farm

Cross

Britain

Wa y

Park

Pale

Wilson

Breedon

on the Hill

Melbourne Hall

start

The

Pool

DERBYSHIRE

500 metres

Nottingham

Leicester

Derby

Breedon on the

Hill, Derbyshire

How hard is it? 5½ miles;

easy; field paths

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Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland

Offa’s Dyke Path,

Hatterrall Ridge

Wycoller Hall

Longtown Castle

The Pool at

Melbourne

MICHAEL CONRAD/GETTY IMAGES; ALAMY