Luner Landing

From Carnforth Railway Station entrance walk up to the junction of Market Street and Haws Hill where the Royal Station Hotel stands on the corner. Keep ahead up Market Street, crossing the busy Scotland Road, then continuing up Market Street as it rises to a junction with North Road by The Shovel Inn. Go left along North Road & just before Redmayne Drive, opposite Hodgson's Croft, turn right down a track to Hodgson's Bridge.
Just before the bridge, steps on the right drop to the towpath of the Lancaster Canal. Go left under the bridge & walk out of Carnforth for nearly 3km. As you approach the hamlet of Capernwray you will see at first the railway, then houses on the right-hand bank. Go under the next bridge, then climb left up to the road & go left over the bridge, bearing right to walk between farm buildings to a junction.
Turn left here, passing Carperwray Old Hall & then the entrance to Old Hall Caravan Park. Approximately 50m beyond there is a gate on the right. Go through it and then keep ahead to cross a stile & now slightly right, easing away from the Swarth Brook to climb up to a drive. Go left, & within a few metres, right to cross a stile.
Follow the boundary of Kellet Park Wood, which curves in a semi-circle to a stile. Cross this & head slightly right up the hillside. Cross the fencing by the gate/stile at the next boundary & proceed ahead to the remnants of a wood. Keep to the left hand edge of the wood, then bear right to drop to a step stile.
Keep ahead now through a large field. Aim for the houses of Over Kellet. Climb a stile by a barred gate & keep ahead to reach a stile leading to an old track. Follow this for over 100m & cut left off this track, climb the stile opposite & loop round with the fenced path to a track between houses leading to Kellet Road.
Go right for 20m along the road, & before the Wesleyan chapel, go left along a drive by a small green. Just past the dwelling there's a gap where a kissing gate leads to a path. This leads through to Greenways. Go right & immediately left to follow the road to a junction. Opposite is a narrow path between houses.
This short path rises sharply up to a prominent waymark post. Go ahead on a well-worn field path leading to a stile either side of a track. Once over, proceed slightly right through an old slit stile descending slowly into the secluded shallow Swarthdale. The next stile, which is not immediately noticeable, stands to the right of a solitary oak beyond the pylons. Cross it & head slightly right once more across a low lying pasture to another stile, this time situated to the left of a tree. Go over it & keep ahead, nearing a wood on the left as you rise up to a road.
Turn left to walk along the road, passing the junction with Swarthdale Road. 50m beyond the junction go right over a stile & climb up the field to the top right hand corner.
On reaching the road go left & then next right along a track through woodland to Sidegarth. Pass by a barn & go right but then be certain to go left over a stile, down steps & alongside a garden boundary to a small gate, Once through, keep ahead in this high pasture.
Cross a stile & cut the corner to a giant of a stile in a tall hedge. Proceed to a stile & footbridge & then climb up the hillside aiming slightly right to a stile in the next boundary. You can see Aughton church. Head slightly right, descending the field to cross a stile. Once over, keep ahead to cross a stone step stile by a gate onto a lane.
Go right along the lane to a junction in approximately 50m, where you turn left, down to a cross-roads. Continue to descend into the Lune Valley (sign-posted as a cul-de-sac). This drops more steeply to Aughton Barns. Go left over a stile to walk ahead through river meadows.
You have now joined the 'Lune Valley Ramble'. Cross the next stile & walk upstream alongside the river. The path continues along the river & runs through Great Close Wood — despite regular maintenance erosion is a perennial problem. Exit the woods by a stile & continue ahead along a fence to pass to the rear of a house.
Go right on the track, by the cattle-grid & then left as it rises towards a house. However, your way is to the right, through a barred gate into the flood plain for the second time. Head slightly right to cross a stile; here you re-gain the riverbank, turning left to walk upstream. Pass well below the dwelling 'Sandbeds', which is to your left, & cross another stile here before entering woodland.
Follow the river valley up to Lyon Bridge where there is a stone step stile up to the road. Do not cross bridge but go through gateway sign-posted to Arkholme. Proceed through the gate & from here the Arkholme path runs near the riverside & is clear on the ground. As you approach the village you will see a white house to your left. Cross a stile & keep ahead to a track where you bear left to join a road. Here you leave the 'Lune Valley Ramble'. The road leads up to the main road.
At the crossroads go left & cross the road by the garage. Keep ahead along a pavement, & at the corner, go right on a footpath signposted to Locka Lane.
Walk ahead to the corner, & through a gap into the next field. Keep ahead with a hedge on the left. As you approach the corner, go over a stile to cross sides & proceed ahead with the hedge now on your right. This runs down to a footbridge & stile. Climb up to a stile in fencing to the left of a pocket of woodland. Keep ahead to a stile beneath a holly bush. Go over the stile & go left to climb to the next stile, this time beneath three pine trees. Bear slightly right up the field to a step stile in a wall & proceed ahead in a similar direction to cross the next stile. Go straight ahead across the next field to a footbridge. Walk to the field corner & then go left along the wall to a gate leading to Locka Lane.
Go right to pass Red Load Farm. The road rises to a corner where you climb a step stile (right) into a field. Head down the hillside to cross a stile, & then bear slightly right to a stone gap stile. Once over you keep left along a wall & wooded clough at first. Pass by an old boundary stone & then bear right down the hillside to a ford & gate. Once through, turn left & follow a track towards Gunnerthwaite Farm. Before reaching the gateway, opposite the walled garden, go right along a hedge to a barred gate. Head across the next field to a second gate which exits onto a road by the entrance drive to Brown Edge Farm.
Go left & immediately right to cross a stile into a field, following a concessionary path avoiding the farmyard. The path skirts to the left of the farm buildings, over a stile & bridge, then a second stile to the rear of the buildings. Turn left to follow the hedge, which runs parallel to a stream to cross a stile. Go left at the footbridge & continue ahead to a kissing gate & across the railway line. Climb steps up to the road.
Turn right to pass Hill Top Farm. After the barn go left up to a stile by a barred gate. Climb up the hillside, bearing slightly left to a stile. Continue to climb. Keeping to the right of a waterworks building. Continue slightly right through old gateposts & up to New Close Coppice.
Join a track & go right. This winds its way up to a junction. Bear right here, & follow the track to a road. You will see Henridding Farm to your left. Go left & first left down the approach to the farm. However, your way is right over a stile into woodland. Follow the path alongside the wall to reach a stone step stile. Once over follow the perimeter wall on your left to reach another stone step stile, this time to the right of a barred gate. Proceed ahead to go through a gate & bear left to a third gate & waymarked post which is situated to the rear of the farm.
Go right & walk ahead to cross a ladder stile at the next boundary & keep right to cross the next stile. Continue ahead with the wall to your left & as it curves left, bear right as indicated by the finger post. The path takes you closer to the wall descending on your left to a gate beyond an electric telegraph pole. You will Dalton Old Hall Farm ahead.
Go through the gate to approach the farm, choosing the middle gateway on a track between a wall & hedge. At the fork keep left to pass by the house on your left & a barn below on the right. The track leads ahead through two gates to the rear of a farm. It then runs south of the farm to a junction with a gate to the right.
Ignore this as you enter the next field & keep ahead on a less clear path as the track rises up the hillside. Your way is ahead through a gate just to the right of a small woodland & proceed ahead to join a hedgerow where you cross a stile. Continue ahead to reach a wall & hedge. Join these to descend for approximately 50m & cross a stile. Walk through a pocket of woodland & then head over the field to a stile which leads to a lane. Go left, & at the road, turn right to walk into Priest Hutton.
At the village green turn left & left at the next junction. Climb out of the village to pass Beech House Farm. Before a barn on the right, go right along a track to squeeze through a narrow gap stile by a gate into a field. Keep company with the hedge on the left to go through a gap stile in the corner & proceed ahead. The path descends to meet an old green track, which runs into a dry valley. You will see a house ahead but look for a stile on the right leading back into a field. Once over, go left to the corner where you cross another stile onto a lawn. Go left to the drive then right to the road.
Opposite, cross a stile & walk down the narrow enclosure to two footbridges & a rather large ladder stile. A little path runs by a stream to a kissing gate & from here you go left under the railway bridge. Follow the track over a stone bridge & through a field. It bends slightly left & then right to a stile by the higher of the two gates. Cross it & walk onward to a footbridge & stile, then climb the hillside to cross stile in fence turning left along enclosed path walking close to the railway. Cross a stile by a gate & the track ahead leads to the road by the Lancaster Canal. Turn left, then right at the junction to go over the canal bridge here at Carpernway.
Drop down the steps on the right to the towpath & then turn right for the return last leg to Carnforth. Follow the towpath (canal on your left) back to Carnforth, passing beneath the M6 motorway. When you reach the outskirts of the town leave the canal at the first bridge, Hodgson's Bridge', to walk up the rough lane to North Road. Go left & walk back to the junction with Market Street where you bear right into town. Cross Scotland Road & keep ahead down Market Street to Carnforth Railway Station.