Higherford

Higherford is a Area in the county of Lancashire.

Retail in Higherford

There are great places to visit near Higherford 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.

Towns to visit near Higherford include Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.

The area around Higherford boasts some of the best villages including Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.

Parks to visit near Higherford include Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.

The area around Higherford boasts some of the best waterfalls including Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.

Woodlands to visit near Higherford include Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the Higherford area like Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.

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 are great places to visit near Higherford if you like old mines.

Higherford has some unmissable ruins nearby like Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).

Higherford has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like 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.

There are a number of ancient sites near Higherford 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.

Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge are some of Higherford best historic monuments to visit near Higherford.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Higherford area like Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.

There are a number of hills near Higherford including Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.

There are a several good round cairns in the area around Higherford like Jepsons Gate Cairn.

There are a several good lakes in the Higherford area like High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.

Higherford's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods.

The area around Higherford boasts some of the best geological features including Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones.

The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower are some of Higherford best gardens to visit near Higherford.

There are a number of country parks near Higherford including Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.

Higherford has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood.

Historic Sites to visit near Higherford include Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.

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 are some of Higherford best canals to visit near Higherford.

Roman Sites to visit near Higherford include 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 great places to visit near Higherford if you like museums.

Caves to visit near Higherford include Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.

There are a several good limestone pavements in the area around Higherford like Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.

There are a several good sssis in the Higherford area like Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.

The area around Higherford features a number of interesting beaches including Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.

Don't miss The Concourse Shopping Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Higherford.

Higherford has some unmissable cities nearby like Preston, and Lancaster.

There are a several good castles in the area around Higherford like Clitheroe Castle.

Higherford History

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