Join in the 6th annual Pendle Walking Festival

20th July 2009

Thousands of walkers will be making their way to Pendle this September, to join in this year’s Pendle Walking Festival.

Now in its 6th year, the Walking Festival offers over 80 free guided walks in some of Lancashire’s most beautiful countryside. It gives walkers of all abilities a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the beautiful countryside of this part of Pennine Lancashire.

Mike Williams, Pendle’s Tourism Officer, said: “We’re very proud of the Pendle Walking Festival. “It was recently crowned runner up in the Best Tourism Event category at the Lancashire & Blackpool Tourism Awards.

“The Walking Festival is always extremely popular, and I am sure that this year will be no different. “It offers a great choice of guided walks of varying lengths in Pendle’s excellent walking country. “And don’t forget – all the walks are free!”

This year’s festival will run from Saturday 5 to Sunday 13 September. From easy walks of two miles to more challenging ones of 14 miles, there really is something for everyone.

New for 2009 is the Pendle Way – walkers can cover this fantastic 45 mile route in four stages over five days. We’ll give you a certificate to prove it if you do!

And there’s the Three Peaks Challenge – that’s Pendle, Boulsworth and Weets. Our walk leaders are going up each of these hills six times throughout the festival!

There’s a wide choice of pub walks on midweek evenings, which take walkers between pubs to sample the, mostly CAMRA approved, beers.

And as the festival coincides with the Pennine Lancashire Festival of Food and Culture, there are even a few food walks taking walkers to rural eateries or beautiful picnic spots. 

The 2009 Walking Festival will be officially launched by the Mayor of Pendle, Councillor Marjorie Adams, on Saturday 5 September at 10am at the Aisled Barn, Wycoller. Following this launch, four walks will begin at 10.30am.

Free Pendle Walking Festival programmes, which contain information about everything on offer at the event, are available to download from the Pendle Council website – visit www.pendle.gov.uk/walking.

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