Over Wyresdale

Over Wyresdale is an area of Lancaster in the county of Lancashire.

There are great places to visit near Over Wyresdale 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.

Over Wyresdale's best nearby towns can be found at Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.

Over Wyresdale has some unmissable villages nearby like Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.

There are a several good parks in the Over Wyresdale area like Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Over Wyresdale area like Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.

Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough are great places to visit near Over Wyresdale if you like woodlands.

Over Wyresdale's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.

The area around Over Wyresdale features a number of interesting old mines including 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.

There are a number of ruins near Over Wyresdale 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 Over Wyresdale best historic buildings to visit near Over Wyresdale.

Don't miss 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's ancient sites if visiting the area around Over Wyresdale.

There are a several good historic monuments in the Over Wyresdale area like Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.

Over Wyresdale's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.

There are a several good hills in the Over Wyresdale area like Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.

The area close to Over Wyresdale boasts some of the best round cairns including Jepsons Gate Cairn.

Over Wyresdale's best nearby lakes can be found at High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.

The area around Over Wyresdale features a number of interesting bluebell woods including High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods.

Over Wyresdale 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.

The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower are great places to visit near Over Wyresdale if you like gardens.

Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park are great places to visit near Over Wyresdale if you like country parks.

Over Wyresdale 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.

The area close to Over Wyresdale boasts some of the best historic sites including Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.

Over Wyresdale has some unmissable canals nearby like 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.

Over Wyresdale has some unmissable roman sites nearby like Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.

There are a several good museums in the Over Wyresdale area like Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.

Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot are great places to visit near Over Wyresdale if you like caves.

The area around Over Wyresdale's best limestone pavements can be found at Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.

Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors are great places to visit near Over Wyresdale if you like sssis.

The area around Over Wyresdale boasts some of the best beaches including Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.

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

Over Wyresdale is near some unmissable shopping centres like The Concourse Shopping Centre,

The area around Over Wyresdale boasts some of the best cities including Preston, and Lancaster.

Over Wyresdale is near some unmissable castles like Clitheroe Castle,

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