Foundry Wood

B6230 heading towards Walton-le-Dale and Preston

Carver Fold is straight ahead.

Further away, you can see the spire of All Saints Church, Higher Walton.

Carrying a footpath between Coupe Green and Potter Lane.

It appears you are allowed into this field if you can cross it in 9 seconds, one second quicker than the bull.

Looking across the river valley from the higher ground on which Coupe Green sits.

The path is surfaced all the way to Brockholes Nature Reserve from this point.

Farmhouse dated 1661, with later addition; now house. Brick on stone plinth, stone dressings, slate roof with chimneys at left gable, on ridge, and at right side. L-shaped plan, both elements of 2 bays. Two and 2½ storeys. Front formed by 2½ storey gable of C17 house with 2-storey later addition to the left; at the junction, and rising only to the eaves, is a 2-storey gabled porch, the front of its ground floor all of stone, continued above as quoins, with a chamfered doorway, above this a stone tablet (protected by a straight dripstone), the 4 corners and the centre of which are lettered in relief: 1 6/ O/ WD/ 6 1 (= William and Dorothy Osbaldeston) and at 1st floor a 3-light moulded stone mullion window. Right of the porch the C17 house has stone quoins, single-course brick bands on 2 levels, and double chamfered stone mullion windows in all walls: at the front, of 2 and 3 lights at ground floor (slightly different levels), 2 and 3 lights at 1st floor, and 3 lights in the attic; at the side 3 and 4 lights at ground floor, 3 and 3 above; and at the back, 5, 5 and 3 lights. Extension left of porch has sashed windows with segmental brick heads in the 1st bay, low sashed windows in the 2nd bay. Rear has a lean-to in the re-entrant, and sashed windows with glazing bars in the 1st bay. Interior: the C17 part has ovolo moulded beams on both floors, a diamond-pattern stone flagged floor in the entrance hall, cross-corner fireplaces in both ground floor rooms, an original dog leg staircase with turned balusters, and a purlin roof. Remarkably complete survival of interior detail of this period. Grade II* listed in 1960 - source Link

This memorial commemorates the residents of Higher Walton who were killed or missing in World War I (54 names) and World War II (10 names). Many of these memorials were erected after the First World War. After the Second World War, the names of those who died in that war were also added to the memorial.

A stone commemorating where the Cuerdale Hoard was discovered on 15th May 1840. The Cuerdale Hoard is a collection of Viking-era silver coins and bullion that was discovered in Lancashire, England in 1840. The hoard is believed to have been buried by Vikings during one of their raids on England in the late 9th century.