Community Rail Lancashire and partners support and promote a number of Guided and Self-Guide Walks across Lancashire and into the Yorkshire Dales. All the walks can be accessed using stations along the East Lancashire Line, Clitheroe Line, Todmorden Curve Line and along the Settle to Carlisle & Bentham Lines.
A guided walk approaches Ribblehead Viaduct – photo © John Barnes
Full details can be found on this website by clicking the drop down menu and selecting ‘Walks’ or by clicking the links here https://communityraillancashire.co.uk/walks/guided-walks/ & https://communityraillancashire.co.uk/walks/self-guided-walks/.
The Friends of the Settle to Carlisle Line also promote walking on their own website at https://www.foscl.org.uk/guided-walks.
Tuesday 29 April to 5 May 2025 sees the annual Ride to Stride walking and music Festival along the Settle to Carlisle Line and the programme can be seen on this link Ride2Stride-Programme-2025
The Lancashire Rail Ramblers also run a programme of walks that take in more of the North West of England mostly on Saturdays and these can be found on their WordPress site at https://railramblers.wordpress.com/walks-programme-2/
Community Rail Lancashire also has a project called Explore Lancashire by Rail which features a number of short videos describing self-guide walks and associated maps and these can be found on this link https://communityraillancashire.co.uk/lancashire-by-rail/