Guides to the route typically divide the walk into 4-8 sections, although as a challenge it an be walked in a single day. Since there are many points at which the path crosses the routes of buses serving Nelson or Colne bus stations, consecutive sections of the walk can easily by accessed by public transport. There are cafes or pubs serving food on most sections of the path. In addition to a guidebook, and the section guides issued by the borough of Pendle, the walk is mapped in the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map of the South Pennines. The route is waymarked with wooden chevrons bearing a distinctive logo of a black silhouette of a witch (with a pointy hat and riding a broomstick) on a yellow background, and by carved stones on Pendle Hill.