Around Preston

Parbold and Newburgh are a couple of villages to the west of Wigan. There is a nice walk between the two along the road one way and the canal the other. I started at Parbold, the bigger of the two. This is Stocks Tavern, which was built as a blacksmith in 1810, and is on the A5209, which skirts the south of the village. I followed the main road westwards, past the Warfarer, originally two cottages, one dating to the eighteenth century. It became a restaurant, the Parikuhn, in the 1960s. Just after the Warfarer, the road crosses the River Douglas. This is looking upsteam. At one time this was made navigable, but the canal made it superfluous. A bit further along, this is the view looking north. The bridge on the left is the Leeds-Liverpool Canal crossing the River Douglas. At the right you can see Parbold, including the remains of a windmill, more of that later. A short hill leads into the village of Newburgh. Another view showing the village green. And an old house. The post office. Th...