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
Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway The Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway, opened in 1846, ran between the towns of Clifton and Bury in what is now Greater Manchester, and the district of Rossendale in Lancashire, England. The company merged with the Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington & Colne Extension Railway (BBA&CER) to form the East Lancashire Railway. In the early 1840s the nearest railway to Bury was the Manchester and Bolton Railway, at its closest through Stoneclough almost 4.5 miles distant. This railway company had initially proposed to create a branch to Bury, but technical difficulties meant that the connection never materialised.