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In the heart of England, on the edge of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the beautiful Ribble Valley. With easy access to the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales you will never be short of opportunities for walking, riding, cycling, fishing or sightseeing. Lancaster 28 miles (45 km), Preston 12 miles (19 km) and Manchester 41 miles (66 km) are easily accessible from the M6 junction 32, fifteen minutes away. For a day at the seaside Lythham is close by. For horse riders the Lancaster to Chipping section of the North Lancashire Bridleway is literally on our doorstep. Local historical attractions include Ribchester Museum and Roman remains, Stoneyhurst College, Cromwell's Bridge, Clitheroe Castle and Whalley Abbey. For wildlife walking there is Bowland Wild Boar Park, Beacon Fell Country Park and Gisburn Forest the largest forest in Lancashire with a network of forest walks and cycle trails. All links will open in a new window Huntley’s farm shop web site Chipping village web site web site Bowland Wildboar Park web site Forest of Bowland web site Visit Lancashire web site Hodder Valley Agricultural and Horticultural Show web site The Moorcock Inn web site Below are a selection of leaflets produced by local tourist bodies in PDF format The Ribble Valley Food Trail (PDF 3.0mb) Tolkien Trail leaflet, Walk in the footsteps of J.R.R. Tolkien (380kb PDF)
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Chipping VillageThe craft shop and post office in Chipping is the oldest continuously trading shop in Great Britain since 1668. Chipping village is reputed to have a haunted pub. Lizzy Dean worked as a serving wench at the Sun Inn and was engaged to a local man. On the morning of her wedding she heard the church bells ring and saw her bridegroom leaving the church with another bride on his arm. She hanged herself in the attic of the pub and her last request was that her grave be dug in the path to the church so that her ex-boyfriend had to walk over it every Sunday. She died aged 20 and is said to haunt the Sun Inn. 'Chipping' in old English means market, many of the vilage's finest buildings date from the 17th century. In the village is an ancient water-wheel and the village church was founded in 597AD.
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