Manchester Airport 1 hr 10
Towneley Hall. (30 min) Victorian and pre-Raphaelite art, local history, furniture and pottery in a stately home museum. Thornton Hall Country Park (13 min) Family-friendly working farm offering animal encounters, rides, a play area & a diner. Browsholme Hall and Tithe Barn (28 min) Sumptuous 16th-century home and gardens, still lived in by the family. Open Wed and Sun summer only. Malham Tarn (44 min) Scenic National Trust lake in the Yorkshire Dales featuring the Malham Tarn Field Studies Centre. Malham Cove (33 min) Uncommon geological formation consisting of a limestone amphitheatre, waterfall & valley views. Gordale Scar (34 min) Scenic limestone geological formation with falls & a stream running through a deep-sided gorge. Bowland Wild Boar Park (35 min) Rural wildlife park offering animal feeding, tractor rides, plays areas, riverside walks & a cafe. Janet's Foss (33 min) Accessible by a scenic woodland trail, this compact waterfall cascades into a natural pool. Clitheroe Castle (16 min) Remains of a 12th-century castle keep, chapel & jail, with an adjoining museum & surrounding garden. The Settle Carlisle Railway Development Company (22 min) Clitheroe Castle Museum (16 min) Hilltop castle with displays tracing local history, a 12th-century keep, extensive grounds and cafe. Pendle Hill (24 min) Rising 557 m. above sea level, this famous hill features a Bronze Age burial site & paragliding. Forest of Bowland (46 min) Sprawling, scenic wilderness area featuring forests, hills & moorland with trails & grouse shooting. Skipton Castle (19 min) Almost intact medieval castle with a dungeon, kitchen and bedchamber. Family tickets available. National Trust - Gawthorpe Hall (28 min) Elizabethan house with Victorian makeover and Brontë links houses portrait and textile collections. |