Recreation

This city and port still retains much of its character and provides an excellent historic gateway by road or rail to the Forest of Bowland. It was originally the site of a Roman fortress and a crossing of the River Lune

Garstang is situated on the River Wyre. The history of this market town goes back thousands of years with Neolithic and bronze Age artefacts found in the area

Bentham is truly a delightful corner of the Yorkshire Dales and provides an ideal base for walking, pony trekking, cycling or touring holidays

Barrowford developed as a weaving town and in its heyday the textiles industry operated 10,000 looms in Barrowford and employed several thousand local people

At one time Wray was a local textile centre with silk mills, tanners and coopers, clog and basket makers, taking advantage of the fast flowing waters of the Roeburn and Wenning.

Wigglesworth lies just outside the boundary of the National Landscape, but is on an important route linking Settle to the eastern part of Bowland.

The narrow bridge over the River Wenning marks the boundary of the old Norman Lordship of Lonsdale. Wennington Hall dates originally from the 14th century.

The village gets its name from Wadda, an Anglo Saxon chief, it is home to a babbling brook and the beautiful Coronation Gardens.

Tosside's origins go back to the dark ages when Britain was invaded by the Vikings. It's name comes from two old Scandinavian words - 'Tod' meaning fox and 'saetr' meaning high summer pasture.

Scorton village in the parish of Nether Wyresdale, along the road from Garstang, developed around the cotton mill and railway in the nineteenth century.