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
2026 Drystone Walling Courses
Bookings for our 2026 drystone walling courses are now being taken. Full details…
Branch Events
Some of the recent Lancashire Branch dry stone walling practice meets and events.
PRACTICE MEET, SCOUTHEAD FARM, MAY 2026
PRACTICE MEET, SCOUTHEAD FARM, MAY 2026 Practice Meet: 10th May 2026 Venue: Scouthead Farm, Scouthead Conditions: A dry start to the morning, with showery outbursts in the afternoon. An eager squad of twelve wallers arrived at our new site in Scouthead to begin the…
PRACTICE MEET, BURNEDGE BENT, APRIL 2026
PRACTICE MEET, BURNEDGE BENT, APRIL 2026 Practice Meet: 12th April 2026 Venue: Burnedge Bent Farm, Grasscroft Conditions: Pretty much every type of Spring weather! In the 11 months since we had last repaired a couple of large gaps at Burnedge Bent, a couple more had…
Practice Meet: Roundhill Farm, Larkhill Road, March 2026
PRACTICE MEET, ROUNDHILL FARM (LARKHILL ROAD), MARCH 2026 Practice Meet: 7th March 2026 Venue: Roundhill Farm, Dobcross A “Bakers Dozen” of wallers met up for the second Practice Meet of the year. We returned to Larkhill Road to continue working on the wall up the…
Practice Meet: Boarshurst, Greenfield December 2025
PRACTICE MEET, BOARSHURST, DECEMBER 2025 Practice Meet: 14th December 2025 Venue: Boarshurst, Greenfield Conditions: Slightly chilly with a mixture of light showers and dry spells. A strong team of 11 members braved the unpredictable December weather to round off the…
WALLING PRACTICE MEET, RIDGE FARM, NOVEMBER 2025
PRACTICE MEET, RIDGE FARM, NOVEMBER 2025 Practice Meet: 8th November 2025 Venue: Ridge Farm, Diggle It was a rather driech autumnal morning (grey and drizzling) on arrival at Ridge Farm, definitely not what the weather forecast had predicted. We hadn’t originally…
PRACTICE MEET, RIDGE FARM, SEPTEMBER 2025
PRACTICE MEET, RIDGE FARM, SEPTEMBER 2025 Practice Meet: 13th September 2025 Venue: Ridge Farm, Diggle It was a very welcome return to Ridge Farm for the September PM when seven members of the branch chanced the scattered sunny intervals between very heavy showers, so…
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