Haslingden is a Town in the county of Lancashire.
Haslingden postcode: BB4 5LG
There are great places to visit near Haslingden including some great towns, villages, parks, waterfalls, woodlands, rivers and streams, old mines, ruins, historic buildings, ancient sites, historic monuments, hiking areas, hills, round cairns, lakes, bluebell woods, geological features, gardens, country parks, nature reserves, historic sites, canals, roman sites, museums, caves, limestone pavements, sssis, beaches, shopping centres, cities and castles.
Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool are great places to visit near Haslingden if you like towns.
There are a several good villages in the Haslingden area like Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.
Don't miss Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park's parks if visiting the area around Haslingden.
Don't miss Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall's waterfalls if visiting the area around Haslingden.
The area around Haslingden boasts some of the best woodlands including Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.
The area around Haslingden features a number of interesting rivers and streams including Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.
Don't miss Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Lead Mines Clough Lead Mines, Coppice Stile Lead Mine Trial, White Coppice Lead Mine, Duxbury Park Colliery (ruin), Ellerbeck Collieries (ruin), and Sykes Mine's old mines if visiting the area around Haslingden.
There are a number of ruins near Haslingden including Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).
Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, Astley Hall, Chorley Lodge, Belmont Paper Mills (Derelict), Blacko Tower, The Wishing Well at Hollinshead Hall, and Hoghton Tower are some of Haslingden best historic buildings to visit near Haslingden.
There are a number of ancient sites near Haslingden including Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, The Quernmore Burial, Standing Stones Hill, Pikestones Chambered Long Cairn, Jepsons Gate Cairn, Black Coppice Chambered Cairn, and Dog Holes Cave.
The area around Haslingden boasts some of the best historic monuments including Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.
The area around Haslingden features a number of interesting hiking areas including Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.
The area around Haslingden features a number of interesting hills including Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.
The area around Haslingden's best round cairns can be found at Jepsons Gate Cairn.
The area around Haslingden boasts some of the best lakes including High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.
High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods are great places to visit near Haslingden if you like bluebell woods.
There are a several good geological features in the Haslingden area like Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, and Sykes Mine.
There are a number of gardens near Haslingden including The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.
There are a several good country parks in the Haslingden area like Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.
There are a several good nature reserves in the Haslingden area like Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood.
Haslingden is near some unmissable historic sites like Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory,
The area around Haslingden boasts some of the best canals including Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Heath Charnock, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Higher Wheelton, Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Summit to Wigan Section, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Adlington, Lancaster Canal at Bolton-le-Sands, and Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Rufford Branch.
The area around Haslingden features a number of interesting roman sites including Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.
Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston are some of Haslingden best museums to visit near Haslingden.
The area around Haslingden boasts some of the best caves including Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.
Don't miss Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement's limestone pavements if visiting the area around Haslingden.
SSSIs to visit near Haslingden include Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.
The area around Haslingden features a number of interesting beaches including Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.
Haslingden is near some unmissable shopping centres like The Concourse Shopping Centre,
The area around Haslingden features a number of interesting cities including Preston, and Lancaster.
There are a number of castles near to Haslingden including Clitheroe Castle.
Haslingden History
There are some historic monuments around Haslingden:
Walks in Haslingden
Musbury Heights Quarry Explore
A little walk up to the old quarry ruins on Musbury Heights, with optional exploring.
Length: 5Km (approx.)
Difficulty: Moderate
Calf Hey Reservoir Walk
A pleasant and easy stroll around Calf Hey Reservoir taking in good views and ruined farmsteads.
Length: 2.5Km (approx.)
Difficulty: Easy
Places to see near Haslingden
Etymology of Haslingden
The Haslingden name means ‘valley of the hazels’ or ‘valley growing with hazels’.
History of Haslingden
Part of what is now Haslingden, along with the neighbouring towns of Rawtenstall and beyond that Bacup were part of the Forest of Rossendale, part of the Forest of Blackburnshire. The Forest was a hunting park during the late 13th and 14th centuries; ‘Forest’ referred to it being parkland rather than being heavily wooded, as the forest declined much earlier, during the Neolithic period.
Haslingden grew from a market town (a market was established in 1676) and later a coaching station to a significant industrial borough during the Industrial Revolution; in particular with the mechanisation of the wool and cotton spinning and weaving industries from the 18th to the 19th centuries, and the development of watermills, and later steam power.
Lakes near Haslingden
Canals near Haslingden
Rivers near Haslingden
Shopping in Haslingden
The Co-operative Food John Street, Lane Side
The Co-operative Food supermarket
