Ribble at Clitheroe

This was a pleasant walk taking about an hour. It starts from Edisford, where there is a convenient car park, just east of the river.

This is the bridge at Edisford. Presumably there was a ford here originally. This is the main road west out of Clitheroe, going to... well, Longridge, maybe. There is not a lot that way!


After crossing the bridge, we turned right, heading north, upriver. Looking back, you can see the bridge again.


Shortly there is a second bridge. There was a mill on the other side, called Low Mill, and the footbridge I guess served that.


The view from the bridge, looking down river.


The mill is gone, but there is an eclectic mix of houses where it used to be, some presumably dating from that era.


It is a bit of a wiggle through to get to Chapel Close, which then heads north, through farmland. We saw a donkey!


This is looking over towards the Ribble. The first line of trees marks where the mill race used to be.


Chapel Close becomes a track - a rather muddy one when we were there - and eventually gets us back to the river. There is a weir at this point, built to provide water to the mill. The wall on the left would be where water was admitted to the mill race.


On the opposite back, there is a good view of Waddow Hall.


Shortly after is the third bridge, the road to Waddington.


Looking back, note the geese flying over. They came back a few minutes later!


There is a rather scary set of steps up to road level.


The view from the bridge, looking upriver, at the cement works.


At this point we started to head back south. The route takes you through the grounds of Waddow Hall. Once past the house, you can see Beacon Fell.


Another view.


And Beacon Fell again.


After a while we join the road.


And from here we can see Pendle Hill, and if you look carefully, Clitheroe Castle, just left of centre.


We crossed the footbridge again to get back to the other side. Again, a bit of a wiggle to get to the path by the river, and so back to the car park.













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