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Get your walking boots ready for the Garstang Walking Festival

Garstang Walking Festival, walkers in a woodland setting
Photography by Mike Coleran

The Garstang Walking Festival is back for 2022!

Taking place from Saturday 30 April to Sunday 8 May, visitors can experience the best of spring countryside around Garstang, Rural Wyre, the Forest of Bowland and the Fylde Plain.

The Garstang Walking Festival, coordinated by the Friends of Garstang Walking Festival and supported by Wyre Council will be returning this month.

Walks for all abilities are available throughout the festival, with trampers (all-terrain electric vehicles) also available to assist users with differing abilities to access the countryside on some walks.

Enjoy moorland views, sun-dappled woodlands, riverside wildlife, local history and canal and farmland scenery.

This year the festival has expanded to include some events in surrounding local villages and neighbouring towns. On some walks, special permissions to gain access to rural Wyre and Garstang will allow you to meet local land managers, farmers and exerts in wildlife and heritage.

Highlights at the festival include exploring ‘Garstang to the fells and back’ - from Garstang we rise through pastures and villages to high moorland, taking in some fantastic views before returning along different paths to Garstang.

If you’re a fan of history, join the team on the ‘Of Roman Legions and Pendle Witche’s walk – you’ll walk the skirts to the east of the Bowland Fells before picking up the Roman road up to the head of Whitendale, then follow the River Dunsop back to Dunsop Bridge.

Don’t worry if you need assistance to take part in the festival. There are also events taking place for Tramper users – an all-terrain mobility scooter. Join the team on the ‘Lapwings and Hares Tramper Trek’ – look for lapwings (and hopefully their chicks) and maybe a hare or two. Walkers are also welcomed to join this event.

There’s something for everyone at this year’s Garstang Walking Festival.

Councillor Lynne Bowen, Portfolio Holder for Leisure, Health and Community Engagement at Wyre Council comments, “Whether you are visiting the area or if you have lived here all your life, each walk gives you the opportunity to see parts of Wyre you might not have visited before.

“I guarantee you will learn something new about the area, surrounding towns, the wildlife or the heritage whilst you enjoy getting out in the fresh air.”

To see the full programme of events, visit www.wyre.gov.uk/garstangwalkingfestival      

To book your place, contact Garstang Tourist Information Centre on 01995 602125, email garstangtic@wyre.gov.uk or drop into the site on Cherestanc Square, Park Hill Road, Garstang, PR3 1EF.

Published: 6th April 2022

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