Hurst Green in Lancashire

Hurst Green is a Village in the county of Lancashire.

Hurst Green is a pretty Lancashire village on the little Dean Brook and close to the rivers of Hodder and Ribble.

Hurst Green has been home since the mid-20th Century of the Shireburn Almshouses or Shireburn Cottages as they were removed from the Longridge Fell area.

There is also an interesting little graveyard at on end of the village.

Hurst Green postcode: BB7 9QH

Retail in Hurst Green

There are great places to visit near Hurst Green 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, attractions, shopping centres, cities and castles.

There are a number of towns near Hurst Green including Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.

Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester are some of Hurst Green best villages to visit near Hurst Green.

Hurst Green has some unmissable parks nearby like Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.

The area around Hurst Green 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.

There are a number of woodlands near Hurst Green including Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.

Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth are some of Hurst Green best rivers and streams to visit near Hurst Green.

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 Hurst Green.

Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin) are some of Hurst Green best ruins to visit near Hurst Green.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Hurst Green area 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.

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 are some of Hurst Green best ancient sites to visit near Hurst Green.

Historic Monuments to visit near Hurst Green include Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.

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

Don't miss Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick's hills if visiting the area around Hurst Green.

Jepsons Gate Cairn is a great place to visit close to Hurst Green if you like round cairns.

Hurst Green has some unmissable lakes nearby like High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.

The area around Hurst Green boasts some of the best bluebell woods including High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods.

Hurst Green has some unmissable geological features nearby like Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones.

There are a several good gardens in the Hurst Green area like The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.

Hurst Green has some unmissable country parks nearby like Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.

The area around Hurst Green boasts some of the best nature reserves including 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 Hurst Green include Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.

The area around Hurst Green features a number of interesting 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.

Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum are some of Hurst Green best roman sites to visit near Hurst Green.

There are a number of museums near Hurst Green including Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.

Hurst Green has some unmissable caves nearby like Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.

There are a number of limestone pavements near to Hurst Green including Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.

Don't miss Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors's sssis if visiting the area around Hurst Green.

There are a number of beaches near Hurst Green including Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.

The area around Hurst Green boasts some of the best attractions including Madame Tussauds Blackpool, The Big One, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Hurst Green is near some unmissable shopping centres like The Concourse Shopping Centre,

Don't miss Preston, and Lancaster's cities if visiting the area around Hurst Green.

The area close to Hurst Green boasts some of the best castles including Clitheroe Castle.

Hurst Green History

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