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Outstanding Week 2017!

Join the AONB family’s week-long programme of events to help people enjoy and be inspired by the UK’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty!

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Dog Friendly Bowland

Top tips for dog owners and favourite walks!

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Welcome to the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Discover 803 sq km of rural Lancashire & North Yorkshire. Designated in 1964, Bowland provides some of the most peaceful and remote walking, riding & cycling in the country.

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All aboard the Bowland Explorer!

Local writer, Mark Sutcliffe, takes a journey on Bowland's summer Sunday bus service

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Festival Bowland Fun in Autumn

From family crafts to Equinox stargazing – join us as the leaves turn and the weather starts to get nippy!

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Music of the Forest

The Lord of Bowland commissioned acclaimed Lakeland composer Christopher Gibbs to produce The Music of the Forest - a four-part song cycle celebrating the history of Bowland - listen now!

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Faces of Bowland - Margaret Breaks

'Autumn sees the waders returning south and thousands of ducks, geese and winter thrushes passing through..'

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