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Rivington Terraced Gardens – a lost world in Lancashire
Just to the west of Winter Hill, beneath the mini summit of Rivington Pike, lie Rivington Terraced Gardens. These gardens were commissioned and designed by Lord Leverhulme, the founder of Lever Brothers assisted by Thomas Mawson and were constructed between 1903 and 1925. After 1925 they fell into disrepair and with the demolition of the…
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A Walk in the Woods
Wythop Woods is a little known but nonetheless very photogenic area of the Lake District, connected to the much more frequented Whinlatter Forest, the area is best accessed from Beck Wythop car park on the western shore of Bassenthwaite Lake. From here a good trail leads northward through the woods to gain the Wythop valley…
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Walking Wainwright’s Hills – the Last One
There was no way I was getting across this river without getting wet. The path ahead clearly led beneath the fast flowing current to a point where it was hard to judge the depth. Further investigation up and down stream brought me to the same conclusion that this was the intended ford and that the…
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