The Wayside Arts Trail via the Burnley Way
- Date: Saturday 3rd May 2008
- Time: 11am – 4pm
- Distance: 6 - 8 miles
- Meeting Point: Outside the Gift Shop,
Towneley Hall, Towneley Park, Burnley BB11 3RQ. - Walk Leader: Derek Seed – Burnley Mountaineering Club
Ideal for fit and experienced walkers this strenuous six to eight mile route will take approximately five hours; goes through new and ancient woodland and crosses wild moorland terrain. Along the walk you will see the carved Lancashire oak marker posts and the ceramic tiles marking out the way, the brick kiln by designer Julie Miles and the ’Four Seasons’ stone carvings by Ian Cant.
The highlight of the walk is undoubtedly the Singing-Ringing Tree; standing high on the moors at Crown Point with panoramic view over Burnley from Longridge Fell in the west to the Yorkshire Dales in the east, this award-winning sculpture by architects Tonkin-Liu is constructed from pipes that have been tuned to emit a mellow hum when the wind blows through them.
The Wayside Arts Trail follows the Burnley Way footpath some of the way between Towneley and Crown Point as you walk the route you may hear woodpeckers and song birds; squirrels, roe deer and badgers all live in and around the woods; while higher up on the trail in the open fields and moorland edges hares, foxes, stoats, curlew, lapwing, sky larks, short eared and little owls may be seen.
To enjoy this walk please make sure that you wear comfortable clothing appropriate to the weather, bring plenty of fluids to drink and a packed lunch.
Derek Seed is an experienced walk leader and mountaineer.
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In the movie The Lord of the Rings the part of Gandalf the Grey - the legendary wizard is played by Burnley born Sir Ian McKellan.