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DOWNHAM WALK AND LISTEN

A new audio version of this walk around Downham is now available.

The 4 mile long walk starts from the Car Park in the village and explores the nearby countryside following Downham Beck, past Twiston Mill and returning along the route of an old Roman Road.

If you download the mp3 audio file and then put it on your mp3 player you can follow the directions and listen to additional information about the area while you walk.

The walk is also well waymarked but we would always advise you to take a map with you.

This is the first time that the Countryside Service have presented a walk in this way so we would be delighted with any feedback.

Downham is one of the loveliest villages in Lancashire, quiet and unspoiled, with a gurgling brook running past the village green and stone-built cottages. Successive generations of the Assheton family have lived at Downham Hall since 1558; the present squire is Lord Clitheroe of Downham.
The village was used as a location for the famous film ‘Whistle Down the Wind’ and more recently the popular BBC drama ‘Born and Bred’ was filmed here. It also has associations with Old Mother Demdike and the infamous Lancashire witches.

Download MP3 (53 Mb)

Downham Walks 2 (PDF 794 kb)

Usefull Links

(External) http://www.walkswithbuggies.com *
(External) http://www.walkswithwheelchairs.com *
(External) http://www.visitlancashire.com *
(External) http://www.thesurvivalexpert.co.uk/home.htm *

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