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This route is based on the National Cycle Route through Hyndburn, it can be walked or cycled. We start at Rishton Canal Bridge, as in Walk 1. Go along the Canal taking in all the sights and sounds outlined in Route 1. At Peel Arm Branch we leave the Canal and move to ordinary roads for a little while, ( the cycleway is under development at this point ). Leave the Canal and proceed to Dill Hall Lane ( there is only one way ), then join the main road leading to Church and Oswaldtwistle. Follow this road until you get to Church and Oswaldtwistle Rail Station, here we join the Cycleway again, alongside the railway line a new cycle track has been built which takes you near to the centre of Accrington.

When you leave the Cycleway, follow Scaitcliffe Street past the Globe Centre, up Ormerod Street for a little way, turn left along Victoria Street, at the end turn left again into Nuttall Street, and facing is the entrance to Woodnook Vale, another traffic free path, ( the National Cycleway when fully developed will take you straight here ).

The National Cycleway along Woodnook Vale follows the route of the old railway line out of Accrington leading to Manchester. This was one of the most famous gradients on the UK rail network, unique in the fact that it terminated on the curved platform of the original Accrington Station. The Vale itself has seen a number of initiatives by Baxenden Community Forum. The path itself is due for upgrading, forms have been erected, and a wildlife survey has been completed. To see the Tiffany Glass leave the Vale at the first bridge ( steep path just after the bridge ).Follow the path by the playing field, and at Royds Ave turn right, Haworth Art Gallery is signposted.

For those interested in continuing, proceed up Woodnook Vale, past two reservoirs, to emerge on Manchester Road by Hollands Pies. Proceed up Manchester Road to the Rising Bridge pub, turn right here, turn right again just after the school, up a steep road which evens out, carry on to meet Haslingden Old Road. Head right on Haslingden Old Road, magnificent views across the valley towards the Lake District hills. Continue along Haslingden Old Road until the Oswaldtwistle turn off. Take this, proceed back down into Oswaldtwistle, down New Lane, then down Union Road until you get to the Rail Station, then retrace your steps back to Rishton Canal Bridge.

The Haworth is home to a world famous collection of 'Favrile' ( meaning "hand-made" ) vases, tiles and mosaics and related material, from the New York Studios of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1843-1933).

Tiffany was the leading American exponent of the "Art Nouveau" style in the decorative arts. An Accrington man, Joseph Briggs, sailed to America in 1891 to seek his fortune and worked in various jobs with Tiffany in New York for almost forty years. He presented his Tiffany collection to the people of Accrington in 1933.

The Accrington collection is the largest public collection of Tiffany glass in Europe, and consists of over one hundred and forty pieces of highly decorative, gloriously coloured and intricately styled glass in the "Art Nouveau" style.