Lady Mary Towneley memorial above Cliviger gorge on the Pennine Bridleway National Trail in the Lancashire Pennines
The Pennine Bridleway was the brainchild of Lady Mary Towneley (1935–2001), a devoted and skilled horsewoman, who spent many years exploring existing bridleways before proposing the concept to what was then the Countryside Commission in 1986. It was reportedly the suggestion of Princess Anne that a 76km loop centred on Calderdale should be named in hour of Lady Mary Towneley, who was also a former vice-chairman of the South Pennine Packhorse Trails Trust.
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