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Lancashire
80 running routes in Lancashire
Runners in Lancashire get anything from 4km to 27km, and it's a mix of pavement and trail. Expect gently rolling ground rather than anything sustained. Most are loops, so you finish back where you started.
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Runs in Lancashire
OMM Bay Gateway
Lancaster, England
This anticlockwise loop from OMM Lancaster offers a mix of riverside paths, roads, and trails.
OMM Scotch on the Rocks
Lancaster, England
Starting from OMM Lancaster, this varied route follows the river before climbing Denny Bank, offering a short but noticeable ascent.
OMM Slyne's Finest
Lancaster, England
Starting from OMM Lancaster, this loop follows the river before heading across the aqueduct to link to open fields towards Slyne.
Padiham railway and canal
Burnley, England
Starting on the Padiham Greenway from Pendle Street and following that until it meets the Leeds and Liveerpool Canal, then following that…
Parbold Canal and Woods
West Lancashire, England
A flat start along the towpath before an uphill run on pavement. A good quality track leads to the finish.
Peel Park
Hyndburn, England
Starting at Wensley Drive and heading east, then north to skirt Brocklehurst Wood and pass the Slate Pit Reservoirs, looping round at the…
Pendle Hill
Barley-With-Wheatley Booth, England
An anticlockwise loop heading up Pendle Hill then round the back to return to Bradley via the reservoirs.
Pendle Hill from Barley
Pendle, England
Starting from Barley Green and following it past two reservoirs before picking up Ogden Clough, then heading up Pendle Hill before making a…
Pendle Hill from Nick of Pendle
Ribble Valley, England
Beginning at Nick of Pendle and travels clockwise around Turn Head, Downham Moor, and Pendle Hill before returning via The Ribble Valley…
Preston River Ribble west
Preston, England
Beginning where Holme Road leaves Liverpool Road and following the river to Mill Brook, and returning.
River Brun route
Burnley, England
Starting from Thompson Park car park and then following the River Brun, making a loop around Rowley Lake, and returning.
River Lostock route
Chorley, England
Starting from Town Brow and first heading south along the River Lostock and looping round the woods, returning to the start and then…
Rivington Pike and Winter Hill
Chorley, England
A good track climbs through the trees and up to Rivington Pike. A grassy section follows then tarmac as the course nears Winter Hill.
Rufford The canal and Mere Sands
West Lancashire, England
Starting on the B5246 at the access point to canal, following canal, edge of woods, then heading round lakes and finishing at the junction…
Saddle Fell and Parlick
Ribble Valley, England
An off-road anticlockwise loop starting at the road/track junction on Fell Gate (lane) on Fell Foot, taking in Fair Snape Fell, Paddy's…
Salt Ayre Greenway
Lancaster, England
Following the old railway line from the access point off Salt Ayre Lane to where it reaches the (new) railway and back.
St Annes 4
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
The ground is a mix of paved and off-road, leaning towards paved, with roughly two-thirds on tarmac and the rest on paths through green…
Stocks Reservoir
Forest of Bowland, England
From Stocks Reservoir Car Park on School Lane. A mix of well surfaced trails and grassy paths
The canal and Foulridge Lower Reservoir
Pendle, England
Beginning at Barrowford Reservoir and following the Leeds and Liverpool Canal before turning clockwise around Lake Burwain and returning…
The canal and Haslam Park
Preston, England
Starting where the path leaves Cottam Way and following the canal to the end in Ashton-in-Ribble and back, with a small deviation on the…
The Canal and River Lune
Lancaster, England
Starting on Sibsey Street, then picking up the canal north to the River Lune Aqueduct, then following the river south back.
The canal south to Adlington
Chorley, England
Starting on the towpath at the access point from Crosse Hall Lane and following the canal to just before bridge at Adlington, then…
The canal south to Foulridge
Pendle, England
Following the Leeds and Liverpool Canal from Long Ing Lane to Foulridge and back.
The Prom and Chapel Hill
Lancaster, England
Starting on The Prom 50m west of Battery car park and following the coast out to Half Moon Bay, looping round Heysham and returning.