Great Altcar

Great Altcar is a Town in the county of Lancashire.

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There are great places to visit near Great Altcar 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, roman sites, museums, caves, limestone pavements, sssis, canals, beaches, shopping centres, cities and castles.

Great Altcar has some unmissable towns nearby like Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.

The area around Great Altcar boasts some of the best villages including Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Ribchester, Belmont, and Chipping.

There are a number of parks near Great Altcar including Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.

Great Altcar has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like 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 Great Altcar including Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.

Great Altcar has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.

There are a number of old mines near Great Altcar 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 Great Altcar 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, Blacko Tower, The Wishing Well at Hollinshead Hall, Hoghton Tower, and Stonyhurst College are great places to visit near Great Altcar if you like historic buildings.

The area around Great Altcar boasts some of the best ancient sites including 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.

There are a number of historic monuments near Great Altcar including Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.

The area around Great Altcar boasts some of the best hiking areas including Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, White Coppice, and White Coppice Quarry.

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

There are a several good round cairns in the area around Great Altcar like Jepsons Gate Cairn.

The area around Great Altcar boasts some of the best lakes including High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.

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

There are a number of geological features near Great Altcar including 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 some of Great Altcar best gardens to visit near Great Altcar.

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

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 Great Altcar if you like nature reserves.

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

The area around Great Altcar boasts some of the best roman sites including Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.

The area around Great Altcar boasts some of the best museums including Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.

The area around Great Altcar boasts some of the best caves including Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.

Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement is one of Great Altcar's best, nearby limestone pavements to visit in Great Altcar.

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

The area around Great Altcar features a number of interesting canals including 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.

Beaches to visit near Great Altcar include Blackpool, and Half Moon Bay.

Places near Great Altcar feature a number of interesting shopping centres including The Concourse Shopping Centre.

The area around Great Altcar boasts some of the best cities including Preston, and Lancaster.

The area close to Great Altcar boasts some of the best castles including Clitheroe Castle.

Great Altcar History

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