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.

Stroll 1 - Countryside and Coal Mining

Linking the villages and pubs of Stottesdon and Chorley

Stroll 4 - Trees and Hedgerows

Discovering secret clues to
ancient boundaries

Stroll 2 - Ducks and Bakehouses

Exploring woodlands, streams and
the old main road to Chorley

Stroll 5 - Down the hollow and around the Knowle

Discover the secrets of watercourses,
woods and wild deer

Stroll 3 - The Sidbury “Cyricstig”

Exploring ancient churches, venerable yew trees and old church paths

Stroll 6 - Over Ridge and up the Rea

Exploring Drove roads,
the poet’s river and ‘The Gadget’