Boustagill Farm, the home of Peaks and Pods, has six footpaths pointing out from it, making it an ideal starting point for many great countryside walks. It’s a quiet and unspoilt part of the country with open fields edged with dry stone walls, amazing views and wildlife.
Head up to the nearby rocky outcrops at Whelpstone Crag on the edge of the Forest of Bowland, which offers superb views of the area, or pass through unique local farms such as Cappleside, whose stunning stone farmhouse dates back to the early 17th century.
You’ll find us on OL41 in the OS Explorer series ‘Pendle Hill, Clitheroe & Settle’ that covers the Forest of Bowland and Yorkshire Dales National. Visit ordnancesurvey.co.uk/shop/explorer-map-forest-of-bowland-ribblesdale. Boustagill Farm (spelt Boostagill on the map) even features specially on the map snapshots!
We have plotted a selection of walks of different lengths from the site using walk4life.org. We have details of the walks available at Peaks and Pods, or you can find them on the walk4life website. (It costs £5 to be a member for a year.) You can join our Peaks and Pods group online at walk4life, click the ‘Visit our Groups’ tab, enter Peaks and Pods in the keywords box, and you’ll find walks from ‘Boostagill’. Click ‘Our next walk’ and you can view and print off the maps. Alternatively, just search for walks from BD24 0LS from the ‘Search for a walk’ tab.
We’re lucky that the author of a fantastic walking website – www.where2walk.co.uk – lives only a few miles away […]