A great walk to a great pub: Four Alls Inn, Higham, Lancashire

A stroll through Lancashire’s horrible history, with beer and hotpot in a ‘proper’ pub to cheer the spirits

Start Four Alls Inn, Higham, Lancashire
Distance 7 miles
Time 2.5 hours
Total ascent 533 metres
Difficulty Easy to moderate

Higham is a great place to start a walk, not too high, not too low. A few miles north of Burnley, it’s in the foothills at the southern edge of the eminence that is Pendle Hill. It’s a lovely corner, part of the Forest of Bowland area of outstanding natural beauty and much-loved by local residents, but nothing like as well known as the villages of Barley or Whalley.