Photos by Michael S - Please click on photos to see a larger one
All Health Walks have been cancelled but Jimmy and Michael turned up to walk.
John B and Beth were also in the Car Park and they set off down Snake Hill
We set off down Berkeley Drive, Hall Drive, Cinder Path, over the M6 and into
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the south side of the Park. I wanted to try the paths across the A6 and get a photo of the Church foundation stone.
St., Saviour's Church spire
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Jimmy racing ahead as usual while I get further delayed taking photos
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The Lostock flowing away from us on the bridge
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Over the bridge and on our way to the A6 crossing which should be safer today with fewer vehicles on the road.
Road crossed and down the path alongside the river to the Hob Inn, walking up Church Road to the lychgate gate, through
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and up to the church
Now for the foundation stone but
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it's not, just a new extension. The actual foundation stone was laid by Robert Townley Parker fifty years earlier:
From Wikipedia:
"The church was built in 1836–37 to a Romanesque design by the Lancaster architect Edmund Sharpe.[3] It was one of Sharpe's first commissions and one of his early churches in Romanesque style.[4] The plan for the church was signed on 9 May 1836 by Sharpe, its estimated cost being £1,360 (equivalent to £130,000 in 2019).[5][6] The church was paid for mainly by public subscription. The foundation stone was laid on 28 July 1836 by Robert Townley Parker of Cuerden Hall, who gave the land for the church.[7] Townley Parker also gave £200 towards the cost of the church. As first built, it contained 450 seats.[6] It was consecrated on 3 October 1837 by the Bishop of Chester.[7] In 1886, the chancel and transepts were added in a similar style by Thomas Harrison Myres.[3] The foundation stone for this extension was laid on 17 July 1886, and the church was re-consecrated on 10 February 1887 by the Bishop of Manchester.[7]"
Is the original stone still there somewhere? It's very embarrassing get it all mixed up.
Walked back and took the path alongside the church grounds
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There were many bluebells around
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I captioned this photo "For goodness sake hurry up" on Facebook
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You can just pick out the path we walked along. the blue isn't the river it's bluebells
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Another look, the last look at the spire
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Almost back to the A6, this is the path we took down to the Hob Inn
Over the A6, back into the north side, continuing round anticlockwise, leaving the park and reentering by the Wigan Lane Car Park we followed the Cycle Track to Snake Hill, Climbed Snake Hill back to the car.
Today's walk from Map My Walk
Compiled by Michael Swarbrick with grateful thanks to Jimmy for bumping into me, not literally, he kept 2 metres away. The walk was probably just over3 miles
café
Cam Lane
Cam Lane Cottage
The Chorley Walks.
Cinder Path
Cock Cabin Wood
Cuerden Hall
Cuerden Valley's Health Walk
Lower Kem Mill
Hawksclough Farmhouse
Tree Sculpture
Park
Pinetum
Ponderosa
Visitors Centre
