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, LARKHILL ROAD, APRIL 2025
PRACTICE MEET, LARKHILL ROAD, APRIL 2025 Date: 13th April 2025 Location: Larkhill Road, Dobcross Conditions: Cloudy and cool in the morning, clearing in the afternoon After the recent protracted spell of hot weather, it was probably welcomed that it was cloudier and...
PRACTICE MEET, BOARSHURST, MARCH 2025
PRACTICE MEET, BOARSHURST, MARCH 2025 Date: 8th March 2025 Location: Boarshurst Conditions: Sunny and warm Spring was definitely in the air at the March meet. It was a perfectly dry, sunny and (unseasonably) warm day to carry on with the work at Boarshurt. Eleven...
PRACTICE MEET, BOARSHURST, FEBRUARY 2025
PRACTICE MEET, BOARSHURST, FEBRUARY 2025 Date: 9th February 2025 Location: Boarshurst Conditions: Gloomy and overcast It was a gloomy and overcast Sunday 9th of February that the Lancashire branch made their first foray of 2025. The business for the day was to...
PRACTICE MEET, BOARSHURST, DECEMBER 2024
PRACTICE MEET, BOARSHURST, DECEMBER 2024 Date: 8th December 2024 Location: Boarshurst Conditions: Cold and showery The Lancashire branch ‘ultras’ braved storm Darragh this weekend to build the starting lifts of a perfectly laid T-junction and a beautiful cheek end at...
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...
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