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Preesall’s four Slow Ways are 50% checked
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Walk to Preesall from further afield
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Fleetwood—Preesall
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Flepre one |
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3 X |
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Verify me | Distance 4km/2mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
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Fleetwood—Preesall
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Flepre two |
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2 X |
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Verify me | Distance 4km/3mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
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Poulton-le-Fylde—Preesall
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Poupre one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 13km/8mi | Ascent 107m | Descent 97m | ||
Preesall—Garstang
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Pregar one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 18km/11mi | Ascent 57m | Descent 53m | ||
Preesall—Lancaster
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Prelan one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 28km/17mi | Ascent 140m | Descent 139m | ||
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Preesall—Lancaster
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Prelan two |
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3 X |
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Verify me | Distance 31km/19mi | Ascent - | Descent - |
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Collective progress
58% of Preesall’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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5 people have contributed to Preesall’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
4 people have surveyed a route in Preesall
70km out of 97km have been walked and reviewed
108km of reviews have been shared in Preesall
Latest Updates
A short Slow Way involving a ferry crossing, a walk beside the River Wyre, and footpaths into Preesall. A footpath south from the jetty follows the River Wyre....
Martin Ellis
A short Slow Way involving a ferry crossing, a shoreline footpath, and a final urban stretch....
Martin Ellis
The route from Preesall leads up Park lane and follows streets and village paths to reach the coastal path at the outskirts of Knott End. The track finishes at Lane Ends and a quiet lane is taken to the main busy A580 road. Fortunately this is only a short stretch and Horse Park Lane to taken to Pilling Hall farm....
Lancaster Ramblers
This is a long route which I walked over two days in the winter. I started from Preesall and ended in Lancaster, but used the bus stop at Marsh Houses, which is half way between Cockerham and where the route crosses the A588, to enable me to go home for the night, midway. I’m not sure how policed this is, but the alternative route is the roads via Pilling which is the route the Lancashire Coastal Path follows. After this the route through the farm at Pilling Hall may involve crossing a yard full of cows. She was very helpful and said that she’d like to divert the path to an easier route around the farm. After crossing a couple of wet fields, the route followed three miles of very quiet country roads, and I was very tempted to stop at the Farm Yard Brew Co, but I had a bus to catch. The route crosses fields soon after this as the coast is privately owned and protected here. (I was not the only one!) I was temped to fail this route, but it seems this is an occasional event, and this is a recognised long distance public route...
Mary Oz
As Main Dyke opened up to go under the A585 there is a lot of construction work going on here, so I needed to take a detour around these by crossing the A585, walking along it for about a hundred yards then doubling back onto Old Mains lane and then heading down towards the River Wyre estuary. So I had to turn back and take a detour along the A585 and across the bridge. I actually couldn’t find the footpath off Sower Carr lane and had to take the final detour of the day back on to the main road and through into Stalmine....
Gismay
This was a very pleasant and easy route across the fields and then down Whinny Lane to the lovely Hackensall Hall and then on to the golf course. Arriving at the coast, the tarmacked route to the ferry terminal is straightforward, with the Lake District becoming visible, far away....
Mary Oz
The little ferry normally does the short return trip twice an hour in summer and once an hour in winter. There is a gentle slope down to the footpath which takes you inland, however the well-used footpath between a hedge and a fence (then hedge and drainage channel) is quite narrow....
Mary Oz
A very flat walk across the reclaimed farmland of Over Wyre....
JanMet
Slow Ways added Poupre one, a new walk from Poulton-le-Fylde to Preesall
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Prelan one, a new walk from Preesall to Lancaster
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Preesall’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SD3662047350
Lat / Lon
53.91841° / -2.96648°
Easting / Northing
336,620E / 447,350N
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Preesall's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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