Nelson is a Town in the county of Lancashire.
Nelson in Lancashire is first mentioned as an entry in the Domesday Book and grew as a textile mill town during the Industrial Revolution, with major manufacturers including William Yates, Lord Shuttleworth and Samuel Brooks.
The town became part of Pendle Borough Council in 1974 following local government reorganisation, until its abolition on 1 April 2009 when all of Lancashire’s borough councils became unitary authorities.
There are great places to visit near Nelson 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.
There are a several good towns in the Nelson area like Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.
There are a several good villages in the Nelson area like Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.
Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park are great places to visit near Nelson if you like parks.
Nelson's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.
Nelson has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Nelson include Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.
Old Mines to visit near Nelson include 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 several good ruins in the Nelson area like Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).
Historic Buildings to visit near Nelson include 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.
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 Nelson.
The area around Nelson features a number of interesting historic monuments including Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.
Nelson has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.
Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick are great places to visit near Nelson if you like hills.
The area around Nelson's best round cairns can be found at Jepsons Gate Cairn.
Lakes to visit near Nelson include High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.
Bluebell Woods to visit near Nelson include High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods.
Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones are great places to visit near Nelson if you like geological features.
The area around Nelson features a number of interesting gardens including The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.
There are a several good country parks in the Nelson 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.
Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood are great places to visit near Nelson if you like nature reserves.
Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory is one of Nelson's best, nearby historic sites to visit in Nelson.
Nelson's best nearby canals can be found at 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.
There are a number of roman sites near Nelson 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 great places to visit near Nelson if you like museums.
Caves to visit near Nelson include Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.
Places near Nelson feature a number of interesting limestone pavements 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 Nelson.
Beaches to visit near Nelson include Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.
The Concourse Shopping Centre is a great place to visit close to Nelson if you like shopping centres.
There are a number of cities near Nelson including Preston, and Lancaster.
Don't miss Clitheroe Castle's castles if visiting the area around Nelson.
Nelson History
There are some historic monuments around Nelson:
Places to see near Nelson
History of Nelson
There was a worsted mill at Lomeshaye close to a “cotton factory” and another cotton mill along the canal at Reedyford by 1848. Walverden Mill in Leeds Road was built in 1850, and was soon followed by others. The cotton industry was the most important in the town, and by 1910, more than 12,000 local workers were members of the Nelson and District Power-Loom Weavers’ Association. From 1862, Phoenix Foundry, the steam engine factory of William Roberts stood at the site of the shopping centre’s car park, and has been called “Nelson’s most significant engineering site”. The town became associated in the 20th century with the production of confectionery as well, including Jelly Babies and Victory V and was where the package holiday company Airtours (formerly Pendle Travel and now part of Thomas Cook) began life as an independent travel agent. The textile industry, in particular, has now sharply declined, leaving the town with low property prices and higher than average unemployment. Nelson was granted its charter of incorporation as a municipal borough by Queen Victoria in 1890. Radical left wing politics in the early 20th century led to it being labelled “Little Moscow” by both the local and national press; indeed, the Nelson Leader ran the headline “Moscow calling” during the lock-out of 1928. There was significant Communist Party influence in the town between the wars. When the Labour Party came to power in the town, they responded to local political feeling by placing utilities such as gas and water under the control of the municipal council, anticipating by decades the nationalisation of such utilities after World War II. The council refused, moreover, to participate in celebrations for King George V’s silver jubilee in 1935, saying that they would rather spend public money on free dinners for school children and the jobless.
