Catterall Parish

The Green Route

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CATTERALL CIRCULAR WALKS - THE GREEN ROUTE

From the Village Hall car park, walk past the front door to the hall and through the opening onto the pathway, turn right, up the steps and onto Garstang Road, cross over road, watching ht e traffic carefully, then over the bridge, immediately turn right over the stile and follow the footpath alongside the wood. The Roman Road from Walton le Dale to Lancaster is believed to have crossed the River Calder close by. Over the next stile and the footpath crosses open fields, note the well preserved stone stiles. On reaching the lane turn right. In the reign of King John, a House of the Knights Hospitlar was established in the small hamlet of Howeth (Howath, Howorth) a small chapel to St John the Baptist was established within the house probably being used by the local villagers of Catterall and Claughton to hear Mass saving them the longer journey to Churchtown. Follow the lane till it joins with Stones Lane and turn right, this ancient lane probably dates back to medieval times being part of a packhorse road from Yorkshire. With the coming of the canal it connected the village with Catterall basin. As you walk down the lane you will notice on your right a large ditch this was formally the mill stream running from a sluice East of the canal to Catterall wool mill (now the site of Lodge Park) as you approach the ford keep right and use the footbridge, This ford may have been used by the Romans. The River Calder is a derivative of a British river compound name from the Welsh caled ‘hard, violent’ and dŵr (old British dubro) water, stream. Follow the lane to its junction with Garstang Road, turn right and follow the foot way to the Village hall, as you walk along the side of Garstang Road notice the walls on either side these are the old boundary walls of the Garstang Hareing Syke Toll road dating from the days of the old North Road to Scotland, of the cattle drovers and cattle sales in Garstang.

(C) Catterall Parish Council 2006