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Preesall

Lancashire


Slow Ways linking Preesall and Fleetwood, Garstang, Lancaster, Poulton-le-Fylde

England / Lancashire / Preesall

Preesall’s four Slow Ways are 50% checked

Drawn: 4/4
reviewed: 4/4
verified: 0/4
and surveyed: 0/4

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Slow Way Route To do
Fleetwood—Preesall
Flepre one Verify me Distance 4km/2mi Ascent - Descent -
Fleetwood—Preesall
Flepre two Verify me Distance 4km/3mi Ascent - Descent -
Poulton-le-Fylde—Preesall
Poupre one Review me Distance 13km/8mi Ascent 107m Descent 97m
Preesall—Garstang
Pregar one Review me Distance 18km/11mi Ascent 57m Descent 53m
Preesall—Lancaster
Prelan one Pioneer me Distance 28km/17mi Ascent 140m Descent 139m
Preesall—Lancaster
Prelan two 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

6/6

drawn

5/6

reviewed

3/6

surveyed

0/6

verified

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

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A short Slow Way involving a ferry crossing, a shoreline footpath, and a final urban stretch....

Martin Ellis

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Lancaster Ramblers surveyed Prelan two

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Lancaster Ramblers took this photo on Prelan two

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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

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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

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Preesall—Lancaster

Mary Oz added Prelan two, a new walk from Preesall to Lancaster

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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

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Preesall

Mary Oz surveyed Preesall

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Preesall

Mary Oz surveyed Preesall

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Fleetwood—Preesall

Mary Oz added Flepre two, a new walk from Fleetwood to Preesall

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Fleetwood—Preesall

Mary Oz added Flepre one, a new walk from Fleetwood to Preesall

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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

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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

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A very flat walk across the reclaimed farmland of Over Wyre....

JanMet

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Poulton-le-Fylde—Preesall

Slow Ways added Poupre one, a new walk from Poulton-le-Fylde to Preesall

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Preesall—Garstang

Slow Ways added Pregar one, a new walk from Preesall to Garstang

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Preesall—Lancaster

Slow Ways added Prelan one, a new walk from Preesall to Lancaster

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Preesall, Tue 19 March

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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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