Lytham St Anne's — Freckleton
Lytfre one
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Lytham St Anne's and Freckleton.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Lytham St Anne's and Freckleton.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 3
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (3)
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The narrowest part of the path is 40.0cm (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking East 9.0% (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking West 9.0% (1)
The steepest camber gradient across the path 9.0% (1)
How clear is the waymarking on the route: Clear (1)
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58.0% of the route is on roads (1)
80.0% of the route is lit at night (1)
80.0% of the route is paved (1)
14.0% of the route is muddy (1)
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17.0% of the route is through long grass (1)
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Lytham St Anne's
Grid Ref
SD3224828999
Lat / Lon
53.75295° / -3.02899°
Easting / Northing
332,248E / 428,999N
What3Words
ties.jabs.highs
Freckleton
Grid Ref
SD4303529102
Lat / Lon
53.75517° / -2.86544°
Easting / Northing
343,035E / 429,102N
What3Words
aware.grudge.creatures
Lytfre One's land is
Lytham St Anne's | |
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Grid Ref | SD3224828999 |
Lat / Lon | 53.75295° / -3.02899° |
Easting / Northing | 332,248E / 428,999N |
What3Words | ties.jabs.highs |
Freckleton | |
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Grid Ref | SD4303529102 |
Lat / Lon | 53.75517° / -2.86544° |
Easting / Northing | 343,035E / 429,102N |
What3Words | aware.grudge.creatures |
Green urban | 8.6% |
Intertidal flats | 9.6% |
Marshes | 16.3% |
Pasture | 14.6% |
Urban | 50.8% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Mary Oz
06 Nov 2021The route leaves pleasant St Annes along the prom, with its genteel seaside entertainments, and views of the Lancashire coast and North Wales beyond. The plotted route then follows the road rather than the beach or the dunes, which makes it easier for wheels, although there is hard surfacing available around Fairhaven Lake closer to the beach. After that there is an excellent surfaced promenade for a couple of miles, to beyond the windmill. Lytham town centre has a very good range of facilities.
From here the beach is replaced by marshes, and the sea by the Ribble estuary. The route heads inland along a paved main road, then up some steps onto the first of two tidal-defence embankments, with a boatyard between them. The second one feels much wilder and you feel the presence of the open marshes and birdlife, although you can still hear the main road. Apparently, there can be cows here, but I saw no signs of them, although it was quite muddy in places. The footpath back to the road looks as if it is blocked, but it is okay, although it is not signposted from the road. The last section is very tedious 2.4 mile schlep along the paved main road.
There is a free car park at Freckleton, and the route is well served by bus 68 which also extends to Blackpool and Preston. There are toilets for 20p at various points in St Annes and Lytham, and in Freckleton.
Stearsb
20 Jun 2021This is a walk of two halves, from Freckelton to Lytham is a bit of a slog along the main road, and from Lytham to St Annes it is excellent. Walking the route I was struck by the number of busses that passed me so if you’re not thrilled by such a long walk along a main road then a bus to Lytham could be an option.
The footpaths were excellent, and there were plenty of road crossings (puffin). The route moves away from the main road in 2 places. It follows good foopaths to give interesting views over the Ribble estuary. Both paths require the use of steps up and down. The first loop also brings you into close proximity to cows. Cows graze in the area and do walk on the narrow earth bank the footpath follows.
The second part of the walk is enchanting excellent views and footpaths, once you pass Stanner bank you have the option to walk on the beach as well. For anyone who’s interested the route passes by George Formby’s former house :).
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JanMet
01 May 2021NB this walk begins at St Anne’s on Sea so you walk a good few miles along the sands and dunes before reaching Lytham with its lovely promenade and windmill. The walk is very flat and very popular with walkers and dog walkers and so can be very busy until you get beyond the prom. At this point you will spend more time walking along a very busy road through Warton and onto Freckleton.
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