LancashireWalking & Cycling Holidays

Self-Guided Inn To Inn Walks

Self-guided inn to inn walks include expertly chosen quality accommodation, baggage transfer and a comprehensive written guide including maps, local knowledge of tales and history of the walk.

Please fill out our booking form and quote your route option.

Self-guided holidays can be taken at any time of the year, please be aware of the busy holiday periods. Booking in advance at these times would be an advantage.

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If you would like an alternative walk, please take a look at our tailor-made holidays and get in touch with your ideas.

Please click here for a description of each walking holiday: Ribble Way, Pendle Way, Forest Of Bowland, Cedric Robinson Morecombe Bay and The West Craven Way.

Option 1 Ribble Way Longton – Gavel Gap 7 days walking (8 ngts accom.) £420.00	Option 2 Pendle Way Circular Route Inn to Inn Accomm. 4 days walking (4 ngts accom.) £225.00	Option 3 Luxury Weekend in The Forest Of Bowland single centre 2 days walking (2 ngts accom.) £135.00	Option 4 Cedric Robinson's trip across Morecombe Bay & self guided Arnside coastal walk Single centre 2 days walking (2 ngts accom.) £125.00	Option 5 West Craven Way Salterforth - Barnoldswick 2 days walking (2 ngts accom.) single centre £85.00
Day 1 Longton to Preston 9 miles	Day 1 Barrowford to Thornton in Craven 11 miles	Day 1 A choice of 7 walks ranging from 5-12 miles	Day 1 Morecombe Bay to Kents Bank 8 miles	Day 1 Salterforth to East Marton 12 miles
Day 2 Preston to Ribchester 10 miles	Day 2 Thornton In Craven to Laneshaw- bridge 9 miles	Day 2 A choice of 7 walks ranging from 5-12 miles	Day 2 Arnside Knott and coastal walk to Silverdale 6 miles	Day 2 East Marton to Barnoldswick 12 miles
Day 3 Ribchester to Clitheroe 11 miles	Day 3 Laneshaw- bridge to Higham 14 miles
Day 4 Clitheroe to Gisburn 10 miles	Day 4 Higham to Barrowford 11.5 miles
Day 5 Gisburn to Settle 12 miles
Day 6 Settle to Horton in Ribblesdale 8 miles / 13 km 8 miles
Day 7 Horton in Ribblesdale to Gavel Gap 12 miles

Please be aware that slight variations to these itineraries may have to be made due to availability of accommodation.

Ribble Way

The Ribble Way is a 73 mile trail that luxuriates in the rich tapestry of landscape that Lancashire and North Yorkshire has to offer. This meandering and beautiful trail follows the Ribble through the majestic Ribble Valley to it's source at Gavel Gap near Horton-in Ribblesdale.

From the banks of the River Ribble in Preston, the Ribble Way strides out into the Ribble Valley through pretty Ribchester with it's Roman Museum and charming village. The trail criss-crosses the river over pretty bridges and through peaceful woodland through Hurst Green with the famous Stonyhurst College of J.R. Tolkien fame closeby. From Clitheroe with it's striking castle, the trail strides deeper into the Ribble Valley with Pendle Hill looming in the distance and into Sawley replete with the atmospheric Sawley Abbey remains next to lush meadows. From the bustling market town of Gisburn, the Ribble Way strikes out towards the Yorkshire Dales and moors with Pen-Y-Ghent appearing tantalisingly close as the path crosses pretty pastureland with excellent river walking into Settle, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

The final section of the Ribble Way follows the riverbank and up through lush meadows with the stunning 3 peaks of the Dales and the distant Lake District providing rich reward before stepping into Horton-In-Ribblesdale. From the village, the trail shares the famous Pennine Way temporarily before climbing into the moors to the source of the River Ribble at Gavel Gap near to the Roman Cam High Road on the Pennine Way. The views are magnificent and are a fitting end to a beautiful and rewarding distance trail.

Pendle Way

The borough of Pendle in North-East Lancashire is one of Britain's best kept secrets. It's an area with a rich variety of landscape from remote moorland, open pretty pastureland and charming villages all overlooked by beautiful, enigmatic Pendle Hill. The best way to appreciate this ruggedly beautiful countryside is to walk it. Undoubtedly, the best long distance path in the area is The Pendle Way, which wends it's way through this marvellous walking country for 45 miles on clearly way marked paths.

A walk steeped in history, the trail passes through the village of Barrowford with it's fascinating Pendle Heritage Centre that explores the rich history of the area including the Pendle witches story. The trail encompasses lovely moorland walking with magnificent views towards Pendle Hill and the three peaks in the Yorkshire Dales en route to scenic Thornton-In-Craven with its 15th century church. The trail crosses The Pennine Way at pretty Thornton-In Craven before skirting beautiful moorland above Kelbrook and into Laneshawbridge. The Pendle Way climbs into Wycollar village with it's ancient bridges, and Wycollar Hall in parkland sharing the route of the Bronte Way. From Wycollar the trail meanders upland to lofty Boulsworth Hill, one of the best examples of The Pennines, affording great views of Lancashire and the route ahead. The trail now passes through Trawden Valley and the ancient Forest of Trawden before entering characterful Higham. The final section of the Pendle Way returns to Barrowford via Newchurch with it's famous 'witches grave' and through more stunning moorland to the ancient farming community of Barley. Enjoy the stepping stones of Pendle Water passing through the glacially formed Sabden Valley and back past the riverside Toll House in the village of Barrowford.

Forest Of Bowland

The Forest Of Bowland has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and offers some of the country’s finest remote walking and cycling. The area which includes famous Pendle Hill offers peace and tranquillity, open moorland, picturesque villages and farmland criss-crossed with dry stoned walls. The bird and wildlife in the area is prolific and the villages offer a good range of eateries to sample the range of locally grown produce. We have a number of excellent day walks and routes to choose from in our luxury weekend pack all available with transport to the start and finish of your walk. The Forest of Bowland is a walker's paradise and this introductory weekend will be sure to leave you wanting to see more of the area.

Arnside – Silverdale Coastal Path weekend including the famous crossing at Morecombe Bay with Cedric Robinson

The Arnside and Silverdale area sits on the coastline of Morecombe Bay revelling in the rich views and beauty of it's location. The area borders Lancashire and Cumbria with superb views of the Lakes District peaks in the distance. The walk around the coast from the lovely village of Arnside to Silverdale area offers cliff top sea views, ancient woodlands, limestone grasslands and coastal salt marshes which has provided rare butterflies and birds a perfect environment. The area has the largest reed bed in the north-west attracting more than 100 species of birds, including breeding bitterns, bearded tits and marsh harriers. The famous crossing of Morecombe bay is available at certain times of year with the cult local hero Cedric Robinson OBE, the official Queen’s Guide to the sands since 1963. This exhilarating 8 mile walk from Arnside to Kents Bank just outside Grange-Over-Sands is a must do experience and can only be undertaken with Cedric's expert knowledge and should not be undertaken without this guidance. The group's knowledge ensures that you enjoy the beautiful views, wildlife and exciting walking in complete safety.

I would not recommend you try the walk without Cedric as you WILL be placing you life at risk. As you know the tide at Morecambe Bay is incredibly dangerous. The way the sea twists and turns in to the Bay changes each year and so do the dangers.

There have been guides for the crossing of Morecambe Bay for centuries. Guides Farm, by the sands between Grange-over-Sands and Kents Bank, is 700 years old and is now Crown property. Cedric Robinson and his family now live there. He was royally appointed to the ancient post of Guide to the Kent Sands in 1963. A fisherman by calling, he has culled flukes (flounders), shrimps, cockles and whitebait from the Bay for years. The Bay is notoriously dangerous - even the local fishermen have lost carts, horses, tractors and more in the quicksands, so this is no place for visitors to wander alone. Cedric has appeared in several TV programmes about the Bay, has received an honorary masters degree from Lancaster University and the University of Central Lancashire and was awarded an MBE in the 1999 Queen's Birthday list. He also won the Barclays Bank Prize for books about people with his book "Sand Pilot of Morecambe Bay"

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The West Craven Way - 24 miles

The West Craven Way is a highly enjoyable circular trail that wends it's way around West Craven for 24 miles through gentle fields and pastures, over beautiful moorland with plenty of fine villages en route.

This undulating path traditionally commences in Salterforth on the historic Leeds and Liverpool Canal before striding out past pretty moorland and pastureland affording great views of Lancashire and beyond until reaching pretty Thornton-In-Craven with historic St Mary-Le-Ghyll church close by. The track continues to reveal a lovely Lancastrian landscape whilst temporarily joining the famous Pennine Way until striding into the remote and wild Drumlins limestone hills. From well-heeled Horton the trail meanders to the pretty village of Bracewell with it's 14th century church of St. Michael reputedly where Henry VI hid after the Battle Of Hexham in 1436.

The final section of The West Craven Way steadily climbs up Weets Hill affording glorious and spectacular views of the Yorkshire Dales and Lancashire until descending through pastureland to complete the trail in pleasant Salterforth where excellent refreshment can be found at The Anchor Inn with it's delightful and surprising cellar replete with stalactites.