Discover Winewall: Trails and History

Winewall brings together landscape, walking trails and a distinctive religious history. Its buildings are characteristically integrated into the landscape and often sheltered by trees. For finding your way around, the circular walking route that visits Winewall and other nearby trails are relevant. Inghamite Chapel provides a specific link between a route and the history of the village. If you are considering Winewall as a destination for a hotel stay, these different perspectives can help you assess the village according to your interests.

Walking trails around Winewall

A circular walking route that visits Winewall is 5¾ miles long. It passes the old Inghamite Chapel and then continues through Winewall; Well Head is also along the route. The length and named locations give you specific points of reference: you can consider both the stated distance and the places along the way.

Near Winewall, the three-mile Ferndean Way connects Waterside in Colne with Wycoller. It is shorter than the 5¾-mile circular route, so you can compare the two trails by their stated lengths. They also differ in their route format: one is a circular route that visits Winewall, while the Ferndean Way connects two named places. This lets you weigh up the length and the places along the route together.

The Brontë Way adds to the trails in the area. It runs through Ball Grove Park and continues to Wycoller National Park. This sequence distinguishes it from the Winewall circular route and the Ferndean Way, and offers further named points of reference when choosing a route.

The options can therefore be considered by both distance and route: lengths are given for the circular walking route and the Ferndean Way, while the Brontë Way can be identified by Ball Grove Park and Wycoller National Park. This lets you compare the trails based on whether a stated distance or specific places along the route matter more to you.

Inghamite history and local history

In 1755, a congregation of 700 people heard Benjamin Ingham preach at Winewall Chapel. Winewall Chapel was one of around 100 chapels founded by followers of Benjamin Ingham. It was also one of the last remaining Inghamite chapels in the area. The sermon marks a specific event in Winewall; the foundations place the chapel within a broader religious history. The old Inghamite Chapel is also a waypoint on the circular route, so the historical connection and the route overlap here.

Winewall dates back to at least 1260. This early date is almost five centuries before the 1755 sermon. Inghamite history is therefore a later chapter in a local history that stretches back much further.

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