Ribble Valley Jubilee Trail Section 1: Whalley to Downham via Pendle Hill summit

This first stage is a relatively short route, but it does take in the challenge of the ascent to the summit of Pendle Hill, which although lying just outside the Borough boundary, is a glorious viewpoint which could not be excluded.

From Whalley town centre, the route rises to Spring Wood, skirts the golf course and then joins the old drovers’ track to the Nick of Pendle and thereafter the well-trodden path to the summit.

From there, the steep descent to Downham is rewarded by the timeless beauty of this picture postcard village nestling below the steep slopes of Pendle.