Distance 11.5 miles
Total Ascent/descent: 1200ft
Although this walk is not difficult it is long and a good pace will need to be maintained because of the short day.
We will leave the car park and walk up the hill to the war memorial turning right along the Bentham Road. Over the bridge we take a footpath on the right across the fields to a farm road and cross the River Hodder up to Hammerton Hall Farm. We continue along the track to Black House Farm then we follow the farm road to Hole House Lane. Joining the road we see St James Church (rebuilt after the drowning of Stocks village for the reservoir). We follow the road for about a third of a mile. We have views of Stocks Reservoir.
At the car park we pick up a circular route around the reservoir, firstly through woods then rising to moorland passed New House (a ruin!) onto another farm track for Catlow Farm. We leave this briefly to take a path by the brook, Parks Clough Beck. Rejoining the farm road we follow it to the Bentham Road. Here there is about a mile and a half of road walking, mostly uphill! Finding a path again we head in a SE direction towards Croasdale Farm. A little way along the farm road we take the footpath across the fields with at least five stiles, sheep and cows until once more we reach the Bentham Road near the Bridge and we arrive back in Slaidburn.
At the car park we pick up a circular route around the reservoir, firstly through woods then rising to moorland passed New House (a ruin!) onto another farm track for Catlow Farm. We leave this briefly to take a path by the brook, Parks Clough Beck. Rejoining the farm road we follow it to the Bentham Road. Here there is about a mile and a half of road walking, mostly uphill! Finding a path again we head in a SE direction towards Croasdale Farm. A little way along the farm road we take the footpath across the fields with at least five stiles, sheep and cows until once more we reach the Bentham Road near the Bridge and we arrive back in Slaidburn.
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