Great Altcar
Great Altcar is a Town in the county of Lancashire.
There are great places to visit near Great Altcar including some great towns, villages, hills, hiking areas, bluebell woods, woodlands, rivers and streams, country parks, parks, canals, lakes, beaches, sssis, cities, old mines, ruins, historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, roman sites, museums, nature reserves, waterfalls, caves, limestone pavements, geological features, gardens, attractions, shopping centres, castles, round cairns and historic sites.
The area around Great Altcar features a number of interesting towns including Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.
Ribchester, Belmont, Chipping, Whalley, Abbey Village, Caton with Littledale, and Roach Bridge are some of Great Altcar best villages to visit near Great Altcar.
There are a number of hills near Great Altcar including Warton Crag, Beacon Fell, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Parlick, and Pendle Hill.
The area around Great Altcar features a number of interesting hiking areas including Warton Crag, Beacon Fell, West Pennine Moors, Anglezarke, White Coppice, Duxbury Woods, and Black Coppice.
There are a number of bluebell woods near Great Altcar including Warton Crag, Roddlesworth Woods, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, and High Bullough Wood.
Don't miss Warton Crag, Roddlesworth Woods, Sunnyhurst Wood, Duxbury Woods, Longworth Clough, The Hall Wood, and Hill Top Wood's woodlands if visiting the area around Great Altcar.
There are a number of rivers and streams near Great Altcar including Ease Gill, River Yarrow, River Roddlesworth, River Darwen at Hoghton Bottoms, River Hodder at Stonyhurst, River Ribble at Stonyhurst, and River Ribble at West Bradford.
Cuerden Valley Country Park, Beacon Fell, Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Witton Country Park, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park are great places to visit near Great Altcar if you like country parks.
Great Altcar has some unmissable parks nearby like Cuerden Valley Country Park, Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Worden Park, Ball Grove Park, and Astley Park.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Summit to Wigan Section, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Higher Wheelton, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Adlington, Lancaster Canal at Bolton-le-Sands, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Heath Charnock, and Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Rufford Branch are great places to visit near Great Altcar if you like canals.
The area around Great Altcar features a number of interesting lakes including Abbeystead Reservoir, The Blue Lagoon, Lower Ogden Reservoir, Upper Ogden Reservoir, Black Moss Reservoirs, Dean Clough Reservoir, and Parsonage Reservoir.
Great Altcar has some unmissable beaches nearby like Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.
Don't miss West Pennine Moors, and Warton Crag S.S.S.I's sssis if visiting the area around Great Altcar.
Great Altcar has some unmissable cities nearby like Preston, and Lancaster.
The area around Great Altcar features a number of interesting old mines including Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Duxbury Park Colliery (ruin), Ellerbeck Collieries (ruin), Sykes Mine, Lead Mines Clough Lead Mines, Coppice Stile Lead Mine Trial, and White Coppice Lead Mine.
Don't miss Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Harrock Old Windmill, Ribchester Roman Bath House, Belmont Paper Mills (Derelict), Scout Crag Lime Kiln, and Whalley Abbey's ruins if visiting the area around Great Altcar.
Jubilee Tower, Cromwell's Bridge, and Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse are some of Great Altcar best historic monuments to visit near Great Altcar.
The area around Great Altcar features a number of interesting ancient sites including The Quernmore Burial, Dog Holes Cave, Warton Crag Multivallate Hillfort, The Great Stone of Fourstones, Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, Standing Stones Hill, and Pikestones Chambered Long Cairn.
Astley Hall, Belmont Paper Mills (Derelict), Hoghton Tower, Stonyhurst College, St Peter's Church Heysham, St Patrick's Chapel Heysham (ruin), and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston are some of Great Altcar best historic buildings to visit near Great Altcar.
Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum are great places to visit near Great Altcar if you like roman sites.
Great Altcar has some unmissable museums nearby like Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.
There are a several good nature reserves in the Great Altcar area like Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, Top Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood.
The area around Great Altcar features a number of interesting waterfalls including High Shores Waterfall, Cow Dub Waterfall, Abbeystead Weir, Roach Bridge Weir, Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir Outflow Waterfall, River Roddlesworth Upper Waterfall, and Mill Lane House Waterfall.
The area around Great Altcar features a number of interesting caves including Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.
Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement is a great place to visit close to Great Altcar if you like limestone pavements.
Great Altcar has some unmissable geological features nearby like Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, The Great Stone of Fourstones, Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, and Sykes Mine.
Hoghton Tower, The Evaders' Garden, and Astley Walled Garden are great places to visit near Great Altcar if you like gardens.
Great Altcar's best nearby attractions can be found at Madame Tussauds Blackpool, The Big One, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
The Concourse Shopping Centre is a great place to visit close to Great Altcar if you like shopping centres.
There are a number of castles near to Great Altcar including Clitheroe Castle.
The area around Great Altcar's best round cairns can be found at Jepsons Gate Cairn.
Don't miss Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory's historic sites if visiting the area around Great Altcar.
Great Altcar History
There are some historic monuments around Great Altcar:
