Lancaster Canal Walk
A 57-mile long-distance walk following the towpath of the Lancaster Canal from Preston in the south to Kendal in the north. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SD 526 302
Distance: 57 miles (92 km)
Time: 21–28 hours
Duration: 3–5 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL7 The English Lakes – South Eastern Area
OL41 Forest of Bowland and Ribblesdale
286 Blackpool and Preston
296 Lancaster, Morecambe and Fleetwood
Summary
The Lancaster Canal Walk is a long-distance towpath walk from the River Ribble across the Fylde and through Lancaster and Carnforth to the Lake District. The route runs in a south-to-north direction starting from the city of Preston in Lancashire, visiting Salwick Hall, Swillbrook, Bilsborrow, Bonds, Garstang, Galgate, Lancaster, Hest Bank, Bolton-le-Sands, Carnforth, Borwick, Holme, Greystone, Millness, Hincaster, Sedgwick, and Natland before finishing in the Cumbrian market town of Kendal.