SALTERFORTH

Salterforth is divided in two by the main road, both sides being mainly rural. This does make the walk a rather convoluted figure 8 - the advantage is that it can be done as two short walks or, if the weather changes, you can finish at just over half way. The parish does extend further south and west than our route but this would mean a lot of road walking as there are no footpaths (although most is open access land). To make the route more interesting I've stolen just a bit out of other parishes. In good weather the scenery is excellent.

Salterforth was in Yorkshire and thus County Brook is obviously it's southern boundary and, over it, you are entering Lancashire Palatine as signs on the main road proclaim.

Start:                The car park on the canal opposite the Anchor Inn (887453)

Length:             11k

Height Gain:      Under 200m (under 100m each half)

Time:                4 hours

Grade:              Easy

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	Your starting point - the Anchor Inn which has interesting cellars with statactites and mites
	The canal
	County Brook Mill reservoir
	The bridge over County Brook
	Hey Fold with its milk churn / packhorse loading platform
	Mount Pleasant Methodist church - opened 1822 by a colleague of John Wesley
	The side view - the church is up the stairs and living quarters below
	Lister Well Road and the Dales - on the day I took this you could see from Whernside via Great Whernside (straight ahead under snow) to Ilkley Moor
	Looking back at Park Bridge
	The railway line from Colne to Barnoldswick (a side line) went over the canal here. This was the bridge - I don't think anyone is suggesting that this part of it should be re-opened!
	The little stream neat Cockshott Bridge