Beacon Fell Country Park

First off, I can only speak to wheelchair access personally. I want to give it 5 stars because it is absolutely beautiful, the trees are magnificent, I wanted to move in quite frankly. However, this is a website rating accessibility, so I can't because, as with many forests, it is not very wheelchair accessible. To clarify, it is not very accessible if you are in a self-propelled or manual assisted wheelchair. As the other review says, it may well be fine on a reasonably sturdy class 3 scooter (I'm not so certain about class 2s). There's only the odd step which is always able to be got around, but the ground is very rocky, uneven and hilly, and even my very determined parents who were pushing tried their absolute best but we had to give up for fear of damaging the wheelchair (and my wheelchair is quite an outdoorsy type one). It was still absolutely worth going because it's stunning, but it was sad I couldn't spend more time under the trees.

Access to Beacon Fell is via small B roads from the A6 at Bilsborough, just past Garstang if coming from the North, or Preston if coming from the south. Follow the roads right up as there are parking places before you get to the visitor center where the disabled parking is When you arrive at Beacon Fell center and park in the disabled bay, the warden comes out to make sure you are alright, and if you have a scooter, he makes sure it is useable for the terrain. If it isn't he will get you one of the Trampers which are kept at the center and are free to use, I don't know how many they have, we used our newly acquired Monarch Mantis and took it for its first test drive. We took the two-mile walk over pretty rough ground and some very steep paths, and the wife even reached the summit. She has had a cheek ache from smiling so much since we got back and we are so looking forward to going again. The center staff were all very friendly, the cafe was reasonable and clean, and all in all I enjoyed seeing the smile on my wife's face again. She was an avid fell walker before her movement disorder meant that she can't walk more than 10 yards without sitting and resting. As she was used to the fresh air environment to help her with her mental health while fell walking, life has been hard for her over the past 18 months while adapting to her circumstances. I can't praise Beacon Fell enough, it is well worth a visit, none of the pathways are overtaxing to semi able-bodied people like me, I use a staff as a walking aid as I have Couder Equines syndrome (Spinal damage resulting in a drop foot). If I were fitter I think our excursion could have been longer.