Heritage

Garstang

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

view of street in Garstang

Bentham

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

view of street in Bentham

Barrowford

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

view of Pendle Heritage centre

Wray

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.

cyclist crossing bridge with cottages in the background

Wigglesworth

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

Wennington

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.

view of river running into village

Waddington

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

Waddington

Tosside

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.

Tosside community centre

Scorton

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

Scorton

Sawley

Sawley village grew up around the ruined Sawley Abbey, on the banks of the river Ribble. Its name refers to 'the damp spot where the willows grow'. The Abbey was founded by William Percy II in 1147.

view of Sawley Abbey
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