Welcome to the Lancashire Branch
Dry Stone Walling Association
The Lancashire Branch operate within western Lancashire, from the Cumbrian border and Irish Sea to the North and West, to Saddleworth Moor in the East. We are a small, friendly and active branch of the DSWA. New members are always welcome, and we provide various training and practice meets throughout
the year.
Dry Stone Walling in Lancashire
Welcome to the official website of the Lancashire Branch of the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.
For membership enquiries, please contact the Secretary, Paul Clayton, via the Contact Us page.
The Dry Stone Walling Association is a Registered Charity – Charity Number 289678
All content on this site, unless otherwise stated, is Copyright © DSWA Lancashire Branch
2025 Drystone Walling Courses
Bookings for our 2025 drystone walling courses are now being taken. Full details…
Branch Practice Meets
Some of the recent Lancashire Branch dry stone walling practice meets and events.
PRACTICE MEET, ROUNDHILL FARM, NOVEMBER 2024
PRACTICE MEET, ROUNDHILL FARM, NOVEMBER 2024 Date: 9th November 2024 Location: Roundhill Farm Dobcross Conditions: Autumnal, misty & cold but dry Objective - to take down and rebuild a further section of the lane side wall on Lark Hill Lane. Fourteen of us,...
Practice Meet Burnedge Bent, October 2024
PRACTICE MEET BURNEDGE BENT, OCTOBER 2024 Date: 6th October 2024 Location: Burnedge Bent Farm, Grasscroft Conditions: Autumnal with odd shower, sound underfoot – all the BB swallows have gone. Since Bryan's death, Burnedge Bent has seen some changes. The entrance to...
Practice Meet, Boarshurst, January 2024
Practice Meet, January 2024 Date: 13th January 2024 Location: Boarshurst, Greenfield Conditions: Cold but dry with a morning mist on the fields and hills. It was another good turnout, with 18 Wallers present. One group worked on a section of the wall that had been...
Practice Meet Boarshurst, December 2023
Practice Meet Boarshurst, December 2023 Date: 10th Deember 2023 Location: Boarshurst, Greenfield Conditions: Cloudy with the occasional shower, but warm for the time of year. The very poor weather forecast didn't deter 19 members from turning out for the last official...
Pre-Test Practice Day, September 15 2023
It has always been part of our mission to pass on the necessary skills to repair and build dry stone walls. The branch now has a very competent core of capable wallers who can take on most walling challenges. As they all started as novices on one of our two-day training courses it is gratifying that several of them are now capable of tackling DSWA tests at Level 1 and Level 2.
Community Project at Barley, 26th August 2023
Community Project at Barley, 26th August 2023 The connection with Barley began last year when Rod and Mike came on one of our two day training courses. They were there as they wanted to rebuild the ruined wall in the Womens Institute garden in the village. The ladies...
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