Manchester Airport 1 hr 6
Hoghton Tower (33 min) Fortified Medieval hill-top manor house with gardens, kids' activities, monthly market and a shop. Beacon Fell Country Park (30 min) Clitheroe Castle Museum (11 min) Hilltop castle with displays tracing local history, a 12th-century keep, extensive grounds and cafe. National Trust - Gawthorpe Hall (23 min) Elizabethan house with Victorian makeover and Brontë links houses portrait and textile collections. Browsholme Hall and Tithe Barn (14 min) Sumptuous 16th-century home and gardens, still lived in by the family. Open Wed and Sun summer only. Beacon Fell (30 min) Expansive hill on a lush, country preserve providing hiking trails to its summit & panoramic views. Towneley Hall. (32 min) Victorian and pre-Raphaelite art, local history, furniture and pottery in a stately home museum. Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library (33 min) Building with Greek-themed murals and sculptures, displaying textiles/history/photography/fine art. Bowland Wild Boar Park (20 min) Rural wildlife park offering animal feeding, tractor rides, plays areas, riverside walks & a cafe. Whalley Abbey & Gatehouse (10 min) Ruins of the gatehouse for a 14th-century Cistercian abbey that was one of the country's richest. Pendle Hill (32 min) Rising 557 m. above sea level, this famous hill features a Bronze Age burial site & paragliding. Brockholes (27 min) Wetland and woodland nature reserve, home to rare bird species, with a floating visitor village. Samlesbury Hall (24 min) Cosy huts & a cottage in a 14th-century manor house-turned-guesthouse offering dining & tours. Forest of Bowland (39 min) Sprawling, scenic wilderness area featuring forests, hills & moorland with trails & grouse shooting. Clitheroe Castle (11 min) Remains of a 12th-century castle keep, chapel & jail, with an adjoining museum & surrounding garden. |