Description
As Prebam One, but with safer route past busy roundabout, and more accessible route connecting Preston Station and bridge over River Ribble
As Prebam One, but with safer route past busy roundabout, and more accessible route connecting Preston Station and bridge over River Ribble
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The narrowest part of the path is 62.0cm (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking East 14.0% (1)
The steepest uphill gradient walking West 18.0% (1)
The steepest camber gradient across the path 9.0% (1)
How clear is the waymarking on the route: Very clear (1)
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35.0% of the route is on roads (1)
35.0% of the route is lit at night (1)
100.0% of the route is paved (1)
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Preston
Grid Ref
SD5346429122
Lat / Lon
53.75638° / -2.70728°
Easting / Northing
353,464E / 429,122N
What3Words
join.sleeps.than
Bamber Bridge
Grid Ref
SD5651125819
Lat / Lon
53.72696° / -2.66061°
Easting / Northing
356,511E / 425,819N
What3Words
with.abode.list
Preston | |
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Grid Ref | SD5346429122 |
Lat / Lon | 53.75638° / -2.70728° |
Easting / Northing | 353,464E / 429,122N |
What3Words | join.sleeps.than |
Bamber Bridge | |
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Grid Ref | SD5651125819 |
Lat / Lon | 53.72696° / -2.66061° |
Easting / Northing | 356,511E / 425,819N |
What3Words | with.abode.list |
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reviews
Greengibbo77
09 Jan 2025I walked this from Preston to Bamber Bridge on a cold, frosty sunny day. On leaving Preston railway station you need to find Butler Street running down the east side of the station. You then have a set of steps down to the Fishergate car park, or a longer level route round to the crossing onto Garden Street. Follow the route right onto East Cliff Road and at the end you'll get to the entrance to Avenham Park. From this point, it's a traffic free route until the final 1.5km into Bamber Bridge.
This is an excellent route joining a city with a town. The majority of the route is through very pleasant, wooded landscape. The surface of the route is entirely asphalt and smooth (a bit slippery in places in frosty weather). The work involving the tram bridge did not affect the route today. Not sure if the diversion comes and goes.
William Huxham
21 Dec 2024At Bamber Bridge railway station the Railway turn left and then at Brownedge Rd. When the underpass for the A6 is reached, don’t go right before crossing the A6. The Old Railway line is evident across the road (not the Old Tram Road as the blue signs INCORRECTLY state). This section of the walk is very enjoyable as the flora would be prolific in summer. On December 4th it was colourful with plenty of winter interest. The line is interrupted however due to the building of a new Tram Bridge in Avenham Park. Now the Old Tram Road is joined using the diversion signs and the walk continues to the fringe of Avenham, Preston, with spectacular views on the disused railway bridge of River Ribble and the south of Preston. The walk continues through the park, up to Avenham lane, Winckley square and left to Preston station - ensuring that the abutment of the Tramway with its blue badge is admired. Historically interesting and worth a go.
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Mary Oz
05 Dec 2024This review won't count towards verification as I've already submitted a review. I've done this as a review so that I can add photos.
There is currently (December 2024) a diversion which I've shown on the OS Map screenshot, following the orange route, rather than the original purple line. This is to facilitate construction traffic access for the building of the replacement Tram Bridge over the River Ribble, which is due for completion in spring 2026. In terms of the map shown on the Notice tied to the fence, instead of walking between A and C, it is necessary to go via B. From C the route continues through G to F as on the existing Slow Way.
Unfortunately, at A, the footpath to the north, up to the road from the cycle track, is rather muddy! There is a slightly longer way round, on a tarmac track to the south though.
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Mary Oz
16 Feb 2022Leaving the level crossing at Bamber Bridge, a few suburban roads lead to a car-free underpass, which is a safer option than BamPre One’s walk next to the A6 roundabout. The entrance to the cycle path that forms the bulk of this route, is through a cycle barrier which is 62cms wide at the top (see photo). I think that if you can get through this, the entire route is wheel-friendly.
The cycle track is a really pleasant rural route right into Preston. There was plenty of birdsong as I walked it. The route through the park slopes up to Winckley Square and around and through the car park, to the station, without steps.
Just as a matter of interest – I don’t know who is responsible for the blue cycle route signposts, but they state that this part of Route 55 of the Cycle Network follows The Old Tram Road. This is WRONG. This section of cycle route is an old railway line. The Old Tram Road was for horse-drawn trams connecting the Lancaster Canal to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Clayton Brook. It is just to the north east of the railway line. I’ve highlighted it in yellow on the attached map. This can be confirmed by looking at railmaponline.com and Wikipedia etc. You can see it across the field, and along the river as another bridge.
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Mary Oz
05 Dec 2024I walked this again in December 2024, and there is currently a diversion to allow construction traffic to access the Old Tram Bridge which is being rebuilt. Current estimates are for work to be completed in spring 2026. I've done an additional "review" in order to attach pictures.
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