Manchester Airport 57 min
Thompson Park (23 min) Stylish park featuring a rose garden & flower beds, a lake for boating lake & a playground. Clitheroe Castle Museum (13 min) Hilltop castle with displays tracing local history, a 12th-century keep, extensive grounds and cafe. Avenham and Miller Park (28 min) Riverside park in a natural amphitheatre with a Japanese water garden, Sebastopol cannon and a cafe. Bowland Wild Boar Park (29 min) Rural wildlife park offering animal feeding, tractor rides, plays areas, riverside walks & a cafe. Pendle Hill (30 min) Rising 557 m. above sea level, this famous hill features a Bronze Age burial site & paragliding. Samlesbury Hall (15 min) Cosy huts & a cottage in a 14th-century manor house-turned-guesthouse offering dining & tours. Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery (12 min) Arts and Crafts-style building displaying Eastern arts, coins and books, plus medieval manuscripts. Brockholes (20 min) Wetland and woodland nature reserve, home to rare bird species, with a floating visitor village. Clitheroe Castle (13 min) Remains of a 12th-century castle keep, chapel & jail, with an adjoining museum & surrounding garden. Towneley Hall. (25 min) Victorian and pre-Raphaelite art, local history, furniture and pottery in a stately home museum. Witton Country Park (18 min) 480 acres of woods, grassy areas and farmland, with playgrounds, an athletics track and a cafe. Hoghton Tower (21 min) Fortified Medieval hill-top manor house with gardens, kids' activities, monthly market and a shop. Singing Ringing Tree (25 min) This futuristic art installation made of steel pipes makes sounds as the wind passes through it. Jumbles Country Park (30 min) Tranquil park featuring a walking path around a reservoir, woodlands with birdwatching & a cafe. Winter Hill (57 min) This 1,496-ft.-high hill with sweeping views, burial mounds, cairns & the Scotsman's Stump memorial. |