Sunday, 15th September 2019
| Walk: | Duxbury Woods, Grundy’s Lane, South Lodge, Martins Avenue, Leeds Liverpool Canal, Hogg’s Lane, Yarrow Bridge, Duxbury Mill, North Lodge. | ||
| Start Point: | Duxbury Hall Car Park | Grid Reference: | SD 587 151 |
| Distance: | 5.2 miles | Ascent: | Little |
| Time: | 4.25 hours | ||
| Weather: | Dry, mild. | ||
| Comments: | Sunday Fylde walkers indulged the leader by joining with members of Chorley Historical and Archaeological Society and others for the inaugural walk on the Duxbury Township Trail as part of Chorley’s contribution to Heritage weekend. It was inevitably a slow walk as the leader stopped from time to time to tell the historical tale. Meeting 300 runners going the opposite way on a narrow woodland path lost us half an hour. |
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The Duxbury Heritage Walks were launched on 14 September by Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP and the Deputy Mayor of Chorley, Cllr Steve Holgate
Descending to the River Yarrow through the Himalayan Balsam
Memorial to Beavis, the dog which warned of a fire at Duxbury Hall
We met up with a cross country race with 300 runners
On Wigan Lane
Our route was waymarked
Outside the South Lodge on Wigan Lane
Martin's Avenue took us from the site of the former stocks on Wigan Lane to Skew Bridge
On Hogg's Lane
Exploring the site of the ruined Duxbury Mill
We re-entered the park via the North Lodge
This was the route we followed. There's a separate leaflet for the short Duxbury Hall trail