Petrol Station
Nearest petrol station at Sainsbury’s NOT at the shop itself but past the shop on North Valley Road. BB8 9AG (in the direction of Boundary Mill)
Nearest petrol station at Sainsbury’s NOT at the shop itself but past the shop on North Valley Road. BB8 9AG (in the direction of Boundary Mill)
RUFFOLD OLD HALL
This is a haunted National Trust property about an hour away from Trawden.
Martin Mere wetland centre
Fish Lane Burscough Lancs L40 0TA
WWT Martin Mere, Fish Lane, Burscough, Lancashire, L40 0TA 01704 895181
See a wide variety of ducks and geese in easy accessible pens with ponds. See flamingoes and other strange birds. Cafes and play area. Canoe paddling and reed bed walk. Many hides to obserrve bird behaviour. Holiday activities.
Leagrams Organic Dairy
Find out all about making cheese and buy some delicious products.
Take a rural drive to Chipping three quarters of an hour away.
High Head Farm Buildings
Moss Lane
Chipping
Near Preston
Lancashire
PR3 2TR
phone: 01995 61532
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Gazegill organic farm near Rimmington. Meet the animals (take your boots)
Enjoy a half hour drive around the side of Pendle
https://www.gazegillorganics.co.uk/
Lower Gazegill Farm,
Dancer Lane,
Rimington,
Clitheroe,
Lancashire.
BB7 4EE
01200 445519
Gawthorpe Hall is a fascinating Elizabethian house in Padiham 20 minutes drive from Trawden. The house is a National trust property and houses the Kay Shuttleworth emboidery collection. The house is furnished with period pieces and portaits on loan from the National Portrait gallery.
Gawthorpe is the setting for the new novel by Stacey Halls the Familars a story of life in the time of James I and the Lancashire witch trials. There are gardens to walk in and enjoy a picnic
Heptonstall Village and Museum
30 minute drive from Trawden
Set atop the hillside, hundreds of feet above Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall is one of the most historic villages in Yorkshire, beguiling the visitor with its quiet charm.
In the Old Grammar School building, at the centre of the ancient Pennine hilltop village of Heptonstall, you will find a welcoming Museum.
Many features of the building remain, including the original school desks and books. Displays focus on the importance of this charming village and surrounding area, from prehistoric times to the present day. Stories include the tale of the infamous Cragg Vale Coiners and the Battle of Heptonstall during the English Civil War.
The Museum makes the perfect starting point for exploring the area’s rich history, stunning landscape and inspiring literature, whether on foot, on public transport or by car.
Shibdon Hall Halifax 45 minutes drive from Trawden
Open daily NOT Friday
Please check website for opening times
Lister's Road Halifax W Yorkshire HX3 6XG
01422 352246
Shibden Hall is the focus of a new BBC drama series written by Sally Wainwright, 'Gentleman Jack' exploring the life of Anne Lister (1791 - 1840) and those who lived in the Hall and Estate. The series, entitled 'Gentleman Jack' will be aired by the BBC .
Shibden Hall dates back to 1420 and offers visitors a fascinating journey through the lives of the people who lived and worked here, including the noted diarist Anne Lister (1791 - 1840).
Shibden Hall’s architecture is a mix of styles reflecting its interesting and varied history. The adjacent 17th century aisled barn and workshops house a carriage collection and displays relating to different crafts, including a blacksmiths, coopers, wheelwrights and saddlers. Shibden even has a recreated brewhouse and inn.
The Hall is surrounded by the beautifully restored gardens and estate that forms Shibden Park. There are a range of features and attractions, including a cafe and visitor facilities, miniature railway, boating lake, pitch & putt course as well as trails, play area, orienteering course and woodland in which to roam. The surrounding park is open as usual.
SHORES HAY FARM
The farm is the home of HAPPA (Horses and Pony Protection Association) In order to raise funds the farm offers a café, a children’s playarea, tours of the stables and a viewing gallery. There are fabulous views of the Thurston Valley from the café which offers special deals during the week. (Check the menus on the website)
Black House Ln, Briercliffe, Burnley BB10 3QU
Shores Hey Farm enjoys a host of wild flowers, grasses and specific planting. From our carefully created butterfly garden planted with a range of plants to attract all species of native butterfly to our indigenous self-seeded varieties scattered throughout our fields there is plenty to see. The trail is marked on your Farm Map and you can collect a fact sheet, telling you which plants to look out for at Reception or in our Visitor’s Centre.
The Horse and Pony Protection Association charity exists to ensure that horses and ponies around the country are kept happy and safe.
The Bronte Parsonage (where the Bronte Sisters grew up and wrote most of their famous novels while their father was incumbent at Haworth's adjacent church), is now a museum owned and maintained by the Bronte Society.
St Michael's and All Angels' Church is at the very heart of Haworth village. Patrick Bronte took up a position here in 1815, and it was while living at the adjacent parsonage that his daughters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne wrote their novels. Also adjacent to the church is the Old School Room, which was built win 1832 while Patrick Bronte was incumbent, and where Charlotte Bronte taught
The Forest of Bowland is upland country forming part of the Pennines, sharing many of the characteristics of other upland areas like the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales National Park but its essential landscape character is one of grandeur and isolation. The area is dominated by a central upland core of deeply incised gritstone fells with summits above 450m and vast tracts of heather-covered peat moorland.The fells’ fringe of foothills is dissected by steep-sided valleys which open out into the rich green lowlands of the Ribble, Hodder, Wyre and Lune Valleys. Well-wooded and dotted with picturesque stone farms and villages, these lower slopes, criss-crossed by drystone walls, contrast with and complement the dramatic open sweep of the gritstone heights. On its south-eastern edge, famous Pendle Hill forms the outlier of the Forest of Bowland AONB. Places to vist
The 51 mile Witches Walk passes through the Forest of Bowland on its way to Lancaster, marking the route taken in 1612 by the Lancashire Witches to their trail and subsequent hanging.
Geocaching is a free, fun way to explore new places or to take a different look at places you already know. It’s a bit like a high-tech treasure hunt that anyone can join.
There are over 2 million geocaches hidden all over the world and the number rises every day. Looking for geocaches takes you on a journey of discovery, often taking you to places you didn’t know existed. All you need is a GPS enabled phone or a handheld GPS device. Find out more about Geocaching
All the National Trails have geocaches hidden along them. Looking for them will take you to some of the best views and most stunning landscapes the Trails have to offer.
If you fancy adding a bit of extra excitement to your Pennine Way walk, why not complete the Pennine Way geocache trail as you go?
Create an account online or through the Geocaching® app to view a map of geocaches near you.
Create an account online or through the Geocaching® app to view a map of geocaches near you.
Once you find the geocache, sign and date the logbook. Place the geocache back where you found it and log your experience online.
Skipton Castle is one of the best preserved and most complete medieval castles in England in spite of a three year siege during the Civil War. Open every day with tour sheets and tea room. Good even if the weather is poor, there is an interesting woodland walk behind the castle. Skipton is a thriving market town with individual shops and cafes, not forgetting the famous pie shop. At the canal basin you will find trip boats along the Leeds/Liverpool Canal, you will also find shorter trips aong the Springs Canal with stunning views of the castle. Visit Skipton Castle
There are lots of events in Skipton, look out for the International Puppet Festivel, Yarndale, music festival, car show etc. The Market operates every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday throughout the year.
We like to go to Skipton along Skipton Old Road (go back along the road towards Colne but take the 3rd exit off the roundabout if you miss it the first time go around again, it's only a small road!) because the countryside is so wonderful, on the way pull off at the road just after the first cattle grid, by the finger post for the Pennine Way, you may see Malham cove in the distance.
Bolton Abbey is located just off the A59 in between Skipton and Harrogate, easily accessible from major roads and railways. If you are using a satellite navigation system, please use the post code BD23 6EX
Its landscape is the “jewel in the crown” of Yorkshire’s many landscapes, and the 30,000 acres of beautiful countryside boast over 80 miles of footpaths to walk and explore, providing something for all ages. From our ever changing events programme providing activities for children to fishing on the River Wharfe, you’ll find a host of activity awaiting you.
Explore the ruins of the Priory and discover a landscape full of history and legend. Walk along the riverside, woodland and moorland paths and enjoy local produce in the excellent restaurants, tea rooms and cafes, treat yourself in the quality gift shops or simply relax beside the river with a picnic whilst the children play.
Blackpool illuminations sees this seaside city of fun still buzzing with excitement and laughter long after other resorts have gone into winter hibernation they generally run from September to November.
Take a ride over to Blackpool via the scenic route the Forest of Bowland. See the lights, the fun fair and have fish and chips for tea!
At 10 kilometers long and using over one million bulbs, the Blackpool Illuminations are an awesome spectacle.
Colne Rd, Barrowford, Burnley BB9 6JQ
Open 10am to 4pm (5pm April to September), seven days a week all year except Christmas Day
The Pendle Heritage Centre supports the conservation and interpretation of Pendle Hill and its countryside, hamlets and villages all of which form part of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
The gateway to the AONB is Park Hill, Barrowford, which is an ancient farming and textile settlement that goes back to medieval times and the Barrowford vaccary set up in the 1200s to produce oxen for the Lord de Lacy. The centre’s museum tells the story of the buildings and heritage of Park Hill and the Barrowford area. It is open for visitors all year round with a tea room, gift shop and bookshop. The heritage of Barrowford can be traced on a fascinating trail available in the centre bookshop. There is also a large amount to tourist information available, and the staff are very helpful. Find out here about the Pendle Witches, walks up Pendle Hill, George Fox, whose vision on Pendle Hill inspired the Quaker Movement.
for tourist information
PENDLE WITCHES
Visit Newchurch-in-Pendle to see St Mary's church on the West face of the tower is a curious oval 'window' known locally as the all seeing "eye of God". Alice Nutter whom some believed was a witch was believed to be buried in he church yard, hower anyone who had been hung as a witch was not burid in oncecrated ground.
King James I, brought up in Scotland and a fervent believer in witchcraft – he even wrote a book about it. Until James, the English gentry who administered the law had been, to their credit, largely sceptical which explains why Pendle’s magistrates had ignored claims about their local witches for so many years.
This all changed on March 18 1612 when young Alizon Device, a member of one of the two main witch clans, met elderly pedlar John Law and asked him for some pins. He refused and in her anger Alizon cursed him.
They had hardly parted when the old man fell to the ground. We would probably diagnose a stroke today, but ‘witchcraft’ was the cry that went up then. John Law was carried to a nearby inn where he was visited by his son Abraham, who heard the story and went in search of Alizon. He found her and dragged her to the inn where she was said to have confessed and begged for forgiveness.
But, the next day, on March 30, she was hauled with her mother Elizabeth and brother James before magistrate Roger Nowell at Read Hall. Alizon not only admitted her crime but went on to implicate others in witchcraft. It may have been malice that led her to implicate innocent people she disliked.
Alizon was detained and Nowell arranged to see her grandmother, the infamous Old Demdike, whose real name was Elizabeth Southerns, and Chattox – her main rival – on April 2. He heard enough to detain them along with Chattox’s daughter Anne Redfearn and arrange for them to be packed off with Alizon to the assizes at Lancaster.
Nowell arranged for Henry Hargreaves, the forest constable to make further inquiries. A clay image and human teeth taken from graves at Newchurch were found. But the constable’s main discovery concerned a great meeting of witches at Demdike’s home on Good Friday where they feasted on stolen mutton and plotted murder and mayhem.
On April 27, Nowell and his fellow magistrate Nicholas Bannister found a star witness in Alizon’s younger sister, nine-year-old Jennet. Among those named as being at the gathering was Alice Nutter – the only person from a prosperous background. For this reason she has, more than any of the others, been the subject of many theories with some speculating that her real crime was to have been a Catholic.
Most of those named were packed off to Lancaster as well. But prison in the grim castle proved too much for the elderly Demdike and she died before standing trial. Her grand-daughter, the precocious Jennet, was the star witness in the trial that opened on August 18 and she provided much of the evidence that sent the accused to the gallows.
We wouldn’t think too much of the legal process they faced, but it is important to note that some witches at the trial were found innocent, that the trial procedures were the same as for any other offence - they weren’t ducked - and that the guilty were hanged like other criminals and not burnt at the stake.
Possibly the most remarkable thing was that court clerk Thomas Potts made and published a detailed account of the proceedings which inspired much interest at that time. When his words were re-discovered they inspired Manchester solicitor Harrison Ainsworth to write the hugely successful book ‘The Lancashire Witches’, published in 1848.
Railway history can be found on the East Lancashire Railway, the longest heritage line in North West England. Trains run every weekend, and some weekdays in summer, mainly steam hauled but also with some heritage diesel engines. Catch the train at Heywood station and travel through 12 miles of countryside to Bury and Rawtenstall. Special events, dinner and lunch trains also run, and there’s even a Rail Ale Trail for history buffs who like to combine nostalgia with a pint of good local beer. Stations are at Rawtenstall, Irwell Vale, Ramsbottom, Summerseat, Burrs Country Park, Bury and Heywood. Eastlancs railway
Built to serve the local mill trades in the late 19th Century, the Railway is just over 4 1/2 miles long but yet still manages to pack six stations in. The line runs through stunning scenery From Keighley to Howarth and Oxenhope a powerful reminder of the Industrial Heritage of the 19th Century. As well as running steam engines and vintage carriages the Worth Valley Railway has many special events throughout the year. Please see their website for up to date prices and timetable as well as details of their special events http://kwvr.co.uk/.
For more information about Howarth and the famous Brontes see Local History and Local walks
Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway is an unforgettable experience for all the family. Breathe in the evocative smells of a real steam railway, whilst your eyes and ears thrill ot the puffing and hissing of the steam engines on this multi award winning tourist attraction.
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