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| Easy stroll: A lovely stroll into the woods. Suitable for wheelchairs, push chairs and prams. Follow the tarmacadam path at the rear of the Garden Centre. |
| All the paths shown on the map appear on the Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure 21-South Pennines. Some paths, however, are not clearly discernible on the ground. All walks start at Coldwell. map |
| Walk 1: Deerstones Gambling Site
Approximately 3/4 of a mile.
Go through the gate at the far side of the car park and up the field to the steps over the wall ahead. Turn right along the wall side to a gate. Go through the gate and bear left. You will come to the edge of a rock face; some of the rock faces surround a hollow where gamblers held their illegal activity in the early decades of the last century. The Centre is in sight for much of the way. map
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| Walk 2: New House Doorway
Approximately 2 miles.
From the Centre up to Upper Coldwell Reservoir (which may need to be pointed out, since the water cannot be seen). On the moorland beyond the reservoir are two upright pillars and a cross peice, all that is left of the New House Farm built in 1662. To get there turn left from the Centre's front door and follow the road until the fourth signposted stile on the left is reached. The road is ascending at this point and a single tree stands over the wall near the stile. Cross the moor from this point to the Doorway. There is no discernible path. Just head for the ruin. A lengthy carved inscription on the lintel is worth a photograph. A round trip may be made by following the path from the Doorway until it reaches the Pendle/Bronte Way track. Turn left here to return to the road , and right at the road to get back to the Centre. The Centre is in sight from the Doorway. map
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| Walk 3: Catlow Bottoms
Approximately 1 1/4 miles one way.
The walk follows the Catlow Brook along the Pendle Way. Turn right from the Centre's front door and up the road a short way to the gate with a stile on the left. Go down the path towards the Filter Plant building below the reservoir embankment. Follow the path until emerging onto a road crossed by a ford. This is Catlow Bottoms. Return the same way. map
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| Walk 4: Boulsworth Hill Lower Slopes.
Approximately 3 miles return, but depending on the distance covered outwards on the Pendle Way.
From the Centre's back door look across to the highest ground in sight. This is Boulsworth Hill, the next highest land mass in Pendle to Pendle Hill itself. While there are two marked ways up to the summit courtesy of United Utilities, the ascent is rough and steep and the weather on the top can be changeable. To walk to the lower slopes, turn left from the Centre's front door and follow the road a short distance until reaching, on the left, a swing gate and the track beyond it. The gate is marked with an arrow symbolising the Pendle Way. Follow the track, which runs parallel with the lower slopes of Boulsworth, for as far as you wish. The Pendle Way leads eventually to Wycoller Country Park. map
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