Tasty Lancashire Cheese Walk

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Tasty Lancashire Cheese Walk
Start Point
Distance/Time
The Green Man, Inglewhite SD 5468 3991,
Parking available in roadside lay-bys
Bus service: 40/41/42 - 4km/2.5 mile walk from
Bilsborrow to catch bus to Preston or Lancaster
6 miles
3 hours
Terrain
GPS Waypoints (OS grid refs)
Key to Facilities
Lanes, tracks and fields.
Pubs,
Tea room,
Dairy
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Greenfields Dairy
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Butlers Dairy
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Mrs Kirkhams
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Tasty Lancashire Cheese Walk
About This Walk
The Tasty Lancashire Cheese Trail is
located at Inglewhite and nestles
underneath Beacon Fell. This is the
heart of Lancashire cheese country and
the walk passes close to Mrs Kirkhams,
Butlers and Greenfield Dairies. Beacon
Fell is the name of the traditional
Lancashire cheese made by Singleton's
which has EU protected origin status. In
order to qualify the milk must be
sourced from a designated area around
Beacon Fell and the product made to a
traditional recipe. Mrs Kirkhams at
Beesleys Farm may develop a small
factory shop.
This walk has pubs at both ends of the
route, so visit and ask for their local
Lancashire dishes. Try the Green Man at
Inglewhite or Ye Horns Inn which dates
back to 1782, approximately the same
date as a known recipe for Tasty
Lancashire cheese. Both pubs offer
good meals and refreshments, or visit
The Cottage 1771 restaurant on Horns
Lane. Nearby lies Beacon Fell Country
Park with the Bowland Visitor Centre
(GPS: SD 5646 4273), offering
refreshments and information, and a
further series of way-marked trails
including a sculpture trail.
To assist with navigation the route is
“whey” marked the “Tasty Lancashire
Cheese Trail”.
Route Description
1 GPS: SD 5468 3991
Walk up to the village green and turn
right out of the village along Inglewhite
Road.
2 GPS: SD 5511 3992
Take the first footpath on your left and
cross the field to a gateway. In the
distance you'll see a group of red brick
buildings (Higher Barker). Head for
these until you reach a track.
3 GPS: SD 5550 4015
Follow this track to Higher Barker.
4 GPS: SD 5593 4051
Go over the stile on your right and out
through the yard. As you leave the yard
go left through a set of double metal
gates and right through another gate.
Follow the stream to the field corner.
5 GPS: SD 5621 4060
Go over a stile and follow the field path
to Church Lane.
6 GPS: SD 5645 4083
Turn right down Church Lane to the Tjunction. Turn left to Greenfields Dairy.
7 GPS: SD 5700 4067
Take the footpath on your right
opposite the dairy and follow the
stream until you reach 2 field gates.
8 GPS: SD 5723 4046
Go through the wooden gate ahead
and pass Bullsnape Hall keeping it on
your right. Continue until you reach
a stile.
9 GPS: SD 5727 3989
Go over this stile and pass through the
garden/woodland and out along the
drive to the road.
10 GPS: SD 5768 3981
Turn right and walk to the Ye Horns Inn
crossroads. An excellent opportunity to
stop for a break or perhaps a little
further to The Cottage restaurant /
tearoom.
11 GPS: SD 5754 3917
Go straight across the crossroads.
12 GPS: SD 5723 3889
Take the first right towards The Cottage
1771. If you're not stopping, before you
reach it take the first footpath on your
right. Walk diagonally across 2 fields
until you reach Whinnyclough Brook.
Take the path to the right into
Whinnyclough Farmyard.
13 GPS: SD 5692 3924
Go straight through the yard and out
onto the golf course. Passing the small
wooden hut on your right, keep on the
track through the golf course and out
just to the right of Higher Beesley
buildings.
14 GPS: SD 5643 3944
Continue straight onto and out through
Lower Beesley (Mrs Kirkhams Dairy).
15 GPS: SD 5608 3938
Turn left onto the road until you reach
the first footpath on your right that
takes you to Turner House Farm.
16 GPS: SD 5565 3947
Go left along the road until you reach
the first bridleway on your right. Take
this track past Inglewhite Lodge and out
onto Inglewhite Road.
17 GPS: SD 5526 3975
Turn left and take the first footpath on
your left and follow this over several
fields until you exit onto Silk Mill Lane.
Turn right to walk back into Inglewhite
village and the Green Man for a well
earned rest.