CRL - Community Rail Lancashire

Community Rail Lancashire has developed a new line guide for the Clitheroe Line . The leaflet takes you along the journey from the city of Manchester to the market town of Clitheroe at the heart of the Ribble Valley. The leaflet can de downloaded on this link: The Clitheroe Line Guide & Timetable or click on the image below.

There is a hourly train service between Rochdale, Manchester and Clitheroe and a half hourly service between Rochdale, Manchester and Blackburn, Monday to Saturday. For details of Sunday services please check online at nationalrail.co.uk or on the Northern website at https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/  

The Yorkshire Dales Explorer is a new service that links Greater Manchester and Lancashire to the Settle Carlisle line and the wonderful Yorkshire Dales. It operates on Saturdays, as an extension of the Rochdale to Blackburn service with 2 trains a day going on to Ribblehead via Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley.

The Yorkshire Dales Explorer offers a series of guided walks each Saturday between May and September each year. The walks are ll led by experienced walk leaders from the Lancashire Rail Ramblers and the programme of walks can be downloaded on this link: Yorkshire Dales Explorer Guided Walks Leaflet May ’26

EcoEscapes is a brand new enterprise by the Forest of Bowland National Landscape.

EcoEscapes connects the Forest of Bowland National Landscape to the rest of the county in a more sustainable way, enabling eco-conscious visitors to refresh, recharge and revive with a sustainable short break in the area’s beautiful green spaces. Full details can be found by clicking the link here to a new page on the CRL website communityraillancashire.co.uk/ecoescapes/

Explore Lancashire by Rail

A series of films is being made for Community Rail Lancashire by a local creative film company Huckleberry Films which are designed to encourage people to Explore Lancashire by Rail. Two of the films cover the Clitheroe Line, the first is a walk around Turton/Entwistle & Wayoh Reservoirs and the second starts at Darwen station taking in the fantastic views of the Spitfire Memorial, Sunnyhurst, Bold Venture Park and Jubilee Tower. The walks can be seen by clicking on the links below:

Download a copy of the map of the Entwistle walk here Entwistle Map

Download a copy of the map for the Darwen Tower walk here: Darwen Tower Map

There are a number of other walks in the Ribble Valley that start at, or close to, Clitheroe Station and these can be downloaded by visiting the Walks pages on this site by clicking this link:  Walks from the Clitheroe Line