Thornton-in-Craven

I’ve wanted to do this walk for ages and was really looking forward to it.  I’d been over to see Melanie and family this morning and decided this was a nice short walk for the afternoon.  Found my way to the Greenberfield Locks car park.  Parked up and set off. 

Apparently the locks are a set of 3 and are the highest point of the Leeds-Liverpool canal.  From the towpath I turned left on the main road passed the Rolls Royce factory crossing the road to on a path past Gill Hall to eventually come to St Mary-le-Gill churchyard and church (with a 500 year old roof). 

From here I walked down a path to come out onto Ghyll golf course, walking across to a gate to take me out onto a large field.  Eventually I dropped down to a stile in a hedge to the main road.  I followed the road into the village centre with stocks on the green.  

The route then took me left on an access road on between fields to eventually take a gate on the left into a field – over footbridge and up to the top of Castleber Hill 

and down the other side and onto the canal towpath for a pleasant walk back to the Greenberfield Locks. 

A short and pleasant walk although the tea  kiosk was closed by the time I got back to the car.