The Burnley Way (40 miles/64kms)
The Burnley Way is a 40-mile adventure from industrial heritage, along waterways, through fields, parks, old farms and Forest of Burnley woodlands to the wild South Pennine Moors. The landscape, history and wildlife are varied and fascinating.
The Forest of Burnley
Since 1997 the Forest of Burnley project has created over 500 hectares of new native woodland and improved 200 hectares of mature woodland using Millennium (lottery), Elwood and Forestry Commission funds. Many of these 100 sites are on or close to the Burnley Way.
- 1. Weavers' Triangle to Queen Street Mill
- 2. Queen Street Mill to Hurstwood
- 3. Hurstwood to Portsmouth
- 4. Portsmouth to Towneley
- 5. Towneley to Hapton
- 6. Hapton to Weavers' Triangle
Further Information
Burnley Tourist Information Centre
Croft Street, Burnley BB11 2EF
Tel. 01282 664421
Alaska's insanely tough Iditarod dog-sled trail is so tough that even the Eskimo's do not take part - way too scary! Yet the first British woman to compete in (and complete) the Iditarod came from Burnley.