Some of our clients have enquired about easier graded walks, here are a few ideas for those new to walking or those who have may been out of it for some time and want to ease themselves back in at a more leisurely pace.
1. Beeston Castle and the Peckforton Hills
Length - 6 Miles, 3 to 4 hours
Difficulty - Easy
The isolated Peckforton Hills rise out of the Cheshire plain to culminate in high crags topped by ruined Beeston Castle. The outward route crosses pastureland with distant views of the castle, return is through coniferous and deciduous woodland with one modest ascent. Easy going underfoot but the outward route is over a series of field paths. Refreshments; Pheasant Inn Bar and Bistro, and Cheshire Candle Factory. Beeston Castle open for visits.
2. Moorland Walk to Moel Famau
Length - 5 miles, 3 hours
Difficulty - Easy to Moderate
This circular walk takes you through the Clwydian Range of outstanding natural beauty. The surrounding scenery is classic rolling moorland with steep gullies (we don’t do the steep bits!) and fast flowing streams tumbling through grass and bracken slopes. Not a flat route, but the ascent to the summit of Moel Famau is quite gentle.
3. Hebden Dale and Hardcastle Crags
Full walk
Length - 8 miles, 5 hours
Difficulty - Easy to moderate
Short walk
Length - 4 mile, 2 hours
Difficulty - Easy
A figure of 8 route, based on 2 dales and the moorland lying in between, following a level riverside path along wooded hebden Dale past the outcrops of Hardcastle Crags and a ruined mill at the end. A permissive moorland path is followed in the second half (sometimes closed off in the shooting season) past reservoirs. Paths generally well defined. Start of route near to Hebden Bridge.
4. Edale from Barber Booth
Length - 5 mile, 3 to 4 hours
Difficulty – Moderate
The walk from Edale, one of the 5 ‘booths’ named after temporary herdsmens’shuts, leads up past Crowden Brook to rough moorland with wonderful views and the high point of Kinder Scout. It takes in strange tors and descends by Jacob’s Ladder.
5. Pendle Hill
Length - 5.5. miles, 4 hours
Difficulty - Moderate to energetic
Rolling pastures meet windswept moorland in this rural walk, despite its proximity to industrial Lancashire. 1100 feet of ascent is rewarded by a section along the top of the hill’s escarpment. Start and finish at Barley car park. In 1612 ten ‘witches’ from Pendle were executed at Lancaster and York for witchcraft.