Publications

The White Coppice Trail Guide
This twenty-page guide explores the geological features visible along Dean Brook at White Coppice, Chorley. It will be of interest to anyone wishing to find out more about the gritstone rocks, lead mining and quarrying of this exquisite part of the West Pennines Moors.
Contents:
White Coppice Geology Trail
The geological setting
Location 1 - White Coppice
Location 2 - Black Coppice Quarry
Location 3 - Dean Brook 1
Location 4 - Dean Brook 2
Location 5 - Dean Brook 3
Location 6 - Drinkwaters Farm
Location 7 - White Coppice Quarry

The Hodder Valley Field Guide
This guide explores a number of sites in the upper Hodder catchment which demonstrate the present-day and historical processes have shaped this river valley and channel. Aimed more towards geography and environmental science students, it draws on numerous research projects that have been conducted in the area over the past 20 years, presenting the results of these in language that is accessible to a non-specialist. Many maps, diagrams and photographs.

Contents:
Introduction - The evolution of the Bowland Landscape
Location 1 - Chipping Vale
Location 2 - Langden Brook
Location 3 - Little Hareden Fan
Location 4 - Burholme Bridge river terraces
Location 5 - Lower Hodder Bridge
Location 6 - The River Loud
Acknowledgements
References and further reading

Jumbles Country Park Landscape Trail Guide
Jumbles Country Park is located in the West Pennine Moors on the Boundary between Bolton and Blackburn. It centres on Jumbles Reservoir where there is a car park, visitor centre, and cafe plus excellent trails which link to the footpath network outside the park.

The trail has been designed as a circular walk of about 4.5 miles but two of the locations may be reached by car and the other two are only a short walk from the car park. There are directions for people who want to walk the circuit but you should bring your own map as well.

Location 1 - Jumbles Quarry, with its impressive fossilised tree.*
Location 2 – Jumbles Brook – walk along an earthquake!
Location 3 – Walves Reservoir – where an icesheet poured out meltwater
Location 4 – Affetside: a magnificent viewpoint from which to see the geology and landscape laid out all around you.
*No footpath yet through the woods: great care needed.

Clougha, Crook o' Lune and the Conder valley

Located east and southeast of Lancaster, the guide explains how meltwater from the last icesheet shape the landscape as it poured down the Lune valley.

Although it is possible to reach three of the locations by car, at two of them parking is restricted and the lanes are narrow. Cycling is the best way to get around but you will have to walk uphill for half a mile to the Clougha channels.

Location 1 - Clougha Pike meltwater channels
Location 2 - Little Cragg - more channels and frost-shattered rocks
Location 3 - Crooke o' Lune and Quernmore Park
Location 4 - The Conder valley