Walton Summit Walton Summit Walton Summit is an industrial area between Clayton Brook and Bamber Bridge, near Preston in Lancashire. It is in the South Ribble district. It is near the M61, M65 and M6 motorways and has a bit of single carriageway motorway from the M65/M61 roundabout. There is also the Lancaster Canal nearby. Walton Summit also consists of the smaller area of Seed Lee. The area does not have a long industrial past. As late as 1960, the area remained largely rural despite the then recent construction of the Preston by-pass section of the new M6 Motorway. Despite this, the
Accrington railway station hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with through running to and from . These call at all stops (except Salwick), including the major stations of Preston, Blackburn and Burnley Central. From May 2015, direct services to Manchester Victoria have resumed (after a gap of almost fifty years) with the reopening of the Curve. These start at Blackburn and continue onwards through Burnley Manchester Road, using the Caldervale Line south of Todmorden to reach and Manchester. An hourly service each way operates on this route throughout the week. Most of these trains continue beyond Manchester, to and Accrington railway station