The Stotty Strolls
Starting and finishing near village pubs, these circular walks along clearly marked paths vary from 3 – 7 miles long; allow between 1½ and 3½ hours for a really enjoyable experience, with exercise and exploration thrown in! Discover clues to help unlock the secret stories of ancient hedgerows, historic churches, coal mining-country, watermills and rivers; see the evidence for climate changes millions of years ago!
Click the following pictures to view our Stotty Strolls.
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Stroll 1 - Countryside and Coal Mining
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Linking the villages and pubs of Stottesdon and Chorley
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Stroll 4 - Trees and Hedgerows
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Discovering secret clues to
ancient boundaries
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Stroll 2 - Ducks and Bakehouses
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Exploring woodlands, streams and
the old main road to Chorley
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Stroll 5 - Down the hollow and around the Knowle
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Discover the secrets of watercourses,
woods and wild deer
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Stroll 3 - The Sidbury “Cyricstig”
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Exploring ancient churches, venerable yew trees and old church paths
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Stroll 6 - Over Ridge and up the Rea
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Exploring Drove roads,
the poet’s river and ‘The Gadget’
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