Fell & River (13 Miles)
Challenging long walk (13 miles) with stunning views!
GPS MAP102734
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Follow route using your GPS Position
Follow route using your GPS Position
MAP: Start GREEN dot → End RED dot
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The Hobbit
AUDIO BOOK: Listen to The Hobbit as you walk. Wonderful BBC radio broadcast (1968).
PLAY
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Shireburn Arms Hotel
Fireside Getaways
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Fireside Getaways
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The 3 Fishes (fine dining)
Award-winning chef Nigel Haworth
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Award-winning chef Nigel Haworth
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The Aspinall Arms
Local Pub Restaurant
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Local Pub Restaurant
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"FUN COSTUMES: LIVE THE TOLKIEN DREAM!"
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LANX boots and shoes
Made for walking!
Men & Women: click here
Made for walking!
Men & Women: click here
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Hurst Green ABC Memorial Hall
Weddings & Events
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Weddings & Events
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Everything Tolkien (click links above)
Fell & River (13 Miles)
Ready for a Tolkien Trail challenge? This is one of the most dramatic walks in Lancashire taking you high up onto the fells above Hurst Green and then down along picturesque walks following the River Ribble, Calder and Hodder.
Bring good walking boots, thermos flask and snack to keep you fuelled along the way. There are many wonderful places you can picnic and take in the magnificent views overlooking Pendle Hill and beyond.
If this is your first visit we recommend using the GPS map (above) to help you navigate the right way, and not put a few extra miles onto an already long walk. Choose a good day as it can be pretty wild on the fells ... but there's no such thing as bad weather is there? ... just the wrong clothes!
Have fun.
Start/End Bayley Arms Car Park, Hurst Green
(13.1 miles | 4 hours)
Click button above to follow walk. You will need GPS LOCATION enabled.
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