Levens Route

Key:

é Ahead ç Left è Right ì Half-right ë Half-left
st Stile fp Footpath SP Signpost fb Footbridge X Cross

è on rd for 400yds then è to X main rd to st. (sp Field End) Up field and down to gate. X lane to stile, é st. Along field, wall on left, to narrow st. in wall. X lane to st. (sp Raw End) é wall on left over 3 st's. to enclosed tr. ç through gate. Wall on right to st. é to st. 20 yds left of wall corner. Enclosed tr. è 20 yds ç (sp Stainton) Through gate, down field, parallel with wall to gate and st. at small wood. è on path through wood then ë to st. X field to narrow V st. Up field and down to st.  between houses é to rd.

ç on lane. Pass phone box é 80yds è over packhorse bridge. é then ç on lane for 150 yds. At second right hand bend ç over st. ì up challenging contour to st. on hedge corner.  X lane, gate, é hedge on right to ladder st. é to fence corner ì to st. ç to gate. Keep on same bearing to st. X railway bridge. Up field, hedge on left, to X rd. k.g. up field, down aiming left of clump of trees to X canal bridge. Down field to k.g. X rd. K.g. down field slightly right to st. X rd. and bridge ç on minor rd., river on left. é to go under rd. on concrete terrace. é minor rd. to st. on left (sp Levens Bridge) ë across field to stone steps in wall. é wall on left to steps and st. ç into Levens Park. Follow waymarks river on left. é Rd. (A6) G.R. 496 853.

ç over bridge. é 40 yds. ç on lane (sp Cumbria Coastal Way) é over cattle grid é to house. è 20 yds to st. (sp Hincaster). Up field, é on lane, through gate é passing Hincaster Hall. é to X rd. é on enclosed path (tall people duck under bridges) to rd. ç under bridge è to st. é on dry canal towpath. When water filled canal begins é under 2 bridges. Immediately è up to lane. è over bridge. è then ç over st. (sp Crooklands) é to X large field, wall and hedge on right. st. é to st. to X lane to st. (sp Stubbs Farm). Up field to gate and tr. ç at gate with waymark before barn. ì through field to small gate. ç 10 yds then è through gate. Uphill to wall on right and down to st. X main rd to minor rd. ç 400 yds to Endmoor V.H.