Walks from Whalley
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Whalley Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Whalley by train.
Whalley to Clitheroe
Abbey precinct, town centre, riverside path, golf course, open pasture, old drove road, moorland ridge, plateau summit, steep scarp, lush valley, meandering river and nature reserve.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Whalley Circular via Whalley Viaduct
River Calder circular contrasting two viaducts: the 48-arch brick Whalley Viaduct and the disused ten-arch stone Martholme Viaduct, near the historic village of Whalley with its parish church and abbey ruins.
Whalley Viaduct: A 48-arch brick railway viaduct striding across the Calder valley.
Whalley Abbey: The ruins of a 14th-century Cistercian abbey beside the River Calder.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Community Rail Lancashire (PDF).
Blackburn to Whalley
A wheel-friendly route on good surfaces through the centre and suburbs of Blackburn, where cars often park partly on the pavement and opening into more interesting countryside with improving views after Ramsgreave & Wilpshire. Passes Ramsgreave & Wilpshire and Langho stations, useful for doing only part of the walk; also served by several buses.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a third of the walk. Take care crossing Ribchester Road near the Wilpshire Hotel, where a sweeping filter lane carries traffic at speed.
Walk details: Slow Ways.