Walks you can reach from Burnley Barracks by train
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Huncoat Circular via Huncoat Pit Top Nature Reserve (Lancashire)
15 minutes direct from Burnley Barracks.
Circular round the village of Huncoat, near Accrington, level then climbing to viewpoints over the Calder valley, past the pit-top nature reserve and remnants of the old brickworks and Perseverance Mill.
Walk details: Community Rail Lancashire (PDF).
Accrington Circular (Lancashire)
15 minutes direct from Burnley Barracks.
Moorland circular up the high ground above Baxenden along the closed Accrington-Manchester railway, past bridge piers, old stone waggonway, the castellated New High Riley farm and broad town viewpoints.
Walk details: Community Rail Lancashire (PDF).
Blackburn to Rishton (Lancashire)
30 minutes direct from Burnley Barracks.
Recommended: A largely urban route that is mostly along the canal towpath, avoiding a nasty motorway roundabout. The towpath is gravel or degraded tarmac with a couple of uneven patches; there are some interesting old mills and but a lot of pylons and nearby roads. Some interesting old mills along the towpath. Dragonflies and a weasel were seen.
Lunch: A cafe at Home Bargains in the retail park near the midpoint (accessed via steps).
Warnings: There are cycle barriers and a couple of uneven patches on the towpath. Leaving the towpath in Blackburn involves an unavoidable kerb and a cobblestone roadway.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Bamber Bridge to Blackburn (Lancashire)
45 minutes direct from Burnley Barracks.
Some spectacular scenery through Hoghton and Pleasington. A mostly picturesque and enjoyable route with wide views across Lancashire's hills, including a gorgeous descent to Hoghton Bottoms and a section through Witton Country Park. Fields can be very waterlogged and parts (especially around gates) exceptionally muddy after wet weather; a mossy ford and stepping stones to cross and plus some steep sections and two railway level crossings. Includes a 1.5km detour to use the next footbridge after the collapsed bridge over the River Darwen at Hoghton Bottoms; passes through Witton Country Park.
Warnings: Two railway level crossings (at Gregson Lane and Hoghton); careful navigation needed through the fields at Gregson Lane. The road at Butler's Bridge can be very busy (a playing field alongside avoids it). Some steep sections. Can be muddy.
Walk details: Slow Ways.