Calder Vale

Calder Vale is an area of Preston in the county of Lancashire.

There are great places to visit near Calder Vale 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 Calder Vale include Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.

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

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

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 Calder Vale.

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

There are a number of rivers and streams near Calder Vale including Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.

There are a several good old mines in the Calder Vale area like 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.

Calder Vale's best nearby ruins can be found at Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).

There are a several good historic buildings in the Calder Vale 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.

Calder Vale has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like 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.

Calder Vale has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.

Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice are great places to visit near Calder Vale if you like hiking areas.

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

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

Calder Vale'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.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the Calder Vale area like High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods.

There are a several good geological features in the Calder Vale area like Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, and Sykes Mine.

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

Calder Vale 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.

Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood are some of Calder Vale best nature reserves to visit near Calder Vale.

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

The area around Calder Vale 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 Calder Vale best roman sites to visit near Calder Vale.

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

Don't miss Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot's caves if visiting the area around Calder Vale.

Don't miss Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement's limestone pavements if visiting the area around Calder Vale.

Calder Vale has some unmissable sssis nearby like Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.

Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf are great places to visit near Calder Vale if you like beaches.

Calder Vale is near some unmissable shopping centres like The Concourse Shopping Centre,

There are a several good cities in the Calder Vale area like Preston, and Lancaster.

The area close to Calder Vale boasts some of the best castles including Clitheroe Castle.

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