Salter Fell Track, Lancs

[Navigatorone]

This track begins at ref 97 / 610625 and goes about 8 miles over the hills in a SE direction. Has anyone drove it or know the condition of it.?

Keith

[fost]

Hi there Navigatorone,

As the Salters Way is in the good old Bowland Fells, I can tell ye quite a bit about it, but to no great avail - the road is closed to 4x4's, being open to rrrrrramblers and BMX cycles only.

The Salters Way (it is also known as the Hornby Road) runs from Roeburndale (just south of the village of Wray) to the Bowland village of Slaidburn.

It is one of the country's finest tracks with splendid views and in parts runs the route of an old Roman road. In bygone times it was a packhorse route for the transport of salt from Morecambe Bay to the farms of Bowland and the Ribble Valley.

Unfortunatley the gates are locked at both ends of the track.

Me and the wife recently visited the Wray end on a recce and ran into the farmer of Higher Salter - the highest farm in the region and the last residence before the track began. He informed us the road was locked up and that another 4x4 had travelled south in the preceding month, having bypassed the lock somehow, but then had to turn back as the southern gate wasn't as easily 'bypassed'.

If you find out anything that contradicts this route access - please let me know as I have been wanting to drive it for ages now. Same goes here - I'll let you know if I discover anything new too.

So you know what to do....