Last updated 30 June 2006

 
The Routes and Paths around Farleton Fell.
 

The area generally known as Farleton Fell is in fact an assortment of a number of named fells and crags. Starting at the point that the Limestone Link crosses the un-numbered road from Hutton Roof Church to Clawthorpe, and walking in an anticlockwise direction, firstly you pass over Newbiggin Crags then Farleton Knott and Farleton Fell and on passed Farleton Crags, with Holme Park Fell above, with Clawthorpe Fell beyond Clawthorpe Quarry then along the Limestone Link path back to the starting point.

From the Whittington side of the fell the best access point is were the Limestone Link crosses the Clawthorpe road from Hutton Roof. Take the road at the side of Hutton Roof Church signposted to Clawthorpe. Pass Kelker Well and at the T junction take the left turn. You will see the point at which the Limestone Link crosses the road (shown at 'A' on the map), from Hutton Roof onto Farleton Fell. There is good parking at this point. Alternatively carry on for another hundred yards and park opposite the style and gate onto the fell (the point shown at 'B' on the map).

'A' is the start of this section of the Lime stone link, heading due west, whilst in a northerly direction the route to the right passes around the foot of a grassy slope along the boundary wall of Whin Yeats Farm. In fact there is a path which passes through the farm from the Clawthorpe road and straight on to Puddlemire Lane at point 'C'. This path down to the road is quite a good mountain bike route from which you can navigate your way around the foot of Farleton Knott,down a section of the A6070 and back onto the fell at 'D', then back along the Limestone Link. At a point on this route another track turns upwards in the direction of the fell proper.

Entering the fell from point 'B' you very quickly reach the intersection where the Limestone Link crosses the stone track. Carrying straight on take the route to the left when the path turns to the right. From here you assend a short rocky section and pass onto the next step of the fell. A little later you again have a choice at the point the route again heads right. If you take the left you will pass over sections of limestone pavement. Whichever route you take in the end you will reach the path which leads, in a NNW direction to your left, towards Farleton Knott. There are some superb views towards the East.

It is well worth heading for Farleton Knott, from the top of which there is quite a wide panorama. There is a path over the top of Farleton Crags, the approach to which is a wooden style over the boundary wall.

From Farleton Knott take the path, over a stone style at the foot of Farleton Crags which pass parallel to the Crags down a long grassy slope until you reach a point on a stony section of the Limestone Link. Turn left and head back in the direction of point 'B'. You must be careful to avoid taking the path which heads off to the left and up Holmepark Fell (unless of course you want to investigate this part of the fell). When you come to the obvious 'Y' junction take the right path (the left look more like the right route but it isn't) you will soon come to a metal gate. Keep on the obvious route and you will return to where you started from.

There is a lot of rock climbing on the crags, which are described in works on the North Lancashire Limestone Climbs so I won't attempt to describe them here. There is also some bouldering, especially suitable for kids and shown as the WAVE and TWIN BOULDERS, with their locations, on Holmepark Fell.

Overall this fell is quite different in character to Hutton Roof. The vistas are much more open and there is considerably less vegetation. If you have the kids with you they don't disappear from view in the vegetation within a few feet of you

A walk on any of the low fells around our beautiful countryside will always be rewarding, and does not have to be a strain at all. Enjoy yourselves.

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