Lancaster is an interesting smallish city with a lot of Georgian buildings and small passageways leading to not too secret locations if you’re a local. Nice coffee shops, bakeries and organic food co-operatives hide in these places often with inconspicuous entrances. There’s also a compact, interesting and information dense museum, Lancashire County Council operate a number of places.
This walk starts on the opposite side of the river after crossing the footbridge with what looks like 2 knitting needles, shown on photos below. It’s a circuit crossing the river not too far apart. Old railway lines now make good walking to Glasson Dock, Morecambe and to the east and the Park and Ride.
A view of the old quay with customs house, now the Nautical Museum, and warehouses, now apartments. Above is Lancaster PrioryA view from one footbridge to the other, making a circuit. The old quay and on the hill the Ashton Memorial, a place worth visiting with cafe and butterfly enclosureA telephoto shot of the Ashton Memorial. A good climb from the centre of the city.The footbridge and West Coast Main Line.The view from the castle over LancasterLancaster Castle Entrance. A nice cafe, Atkinsons, inside.Inside Lancaster Castle Courtyard.A personal favourite view down from the Castle towards the Judges Lodge.The Judges Lodge, run by Lancashire County Council and a nice place to visit, check opening times.
