Great Knowley
Great Knowley is a Area in the county of Lancashire.
There are great places to visit near Great Knowley 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, attractions, shopping centres, cities and castles.
The area around Great Knowley boasts some of the best towns including Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.
The area around Great Knowley features a number of interesting villages including Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.
The area around Great Knowley features a number of interesting parks including Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.
There are a number of waterfalls near Great Knowley including 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 Knowley including Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.
Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth are great places to visit near Great Knowley if you like rivers and streams.
There are a several good old mines in the Great Knowley 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.
The area around Great Knowley features a number of interesting ruins 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, Belmont Paper Mills (Derelict), Blacko Tower, The Wishing Well at Hollinshead Hall, and Hoghton Tower are great places to visit near Great Knowley if you like historic buildings.
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 Great Knowley.
Don't miss Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge's historic monuments if visiting the area around Great Knowley.
Hiking Areas to visit near Great Knowley include Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.
The area around Great Knowley boasts some of the best hills including Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.
There are a number of round cairns near to Great Knowley including Jepsons Gate Cairn.
High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir are some of Great Knowley best lakes to visit near Great Knowley.
Great Knowley's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods.
Great Knowley's best nearby geological features can be found at Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones.
Gardens to visit near Great Knowley include The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.
There are a several good country parks in the Great Knowley 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.
Don't miss Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood's nature reserves if visiting the area around Great Knowley.
Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory is a great place to visit close to Great Knowley if you like historic sites.
There are a number of canals near Great Knowley 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.
The area around Great Knowley boasts some of the best roman sites including Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.
The area around Great Knowley features a number of interesting museums including Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.
Caves to visit near Great Knowley include Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.
The area close to Great Knowley boasts some of the best limestone pavements including Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.
There are a several good sssis in the Great Knowley area like Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.
There are a several good beaches in the Great Knowley area like Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.
Great Knowley has some unmissable attractions nearby like Madame Tussauds Blackpool, The Big One, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Great Knowley like The Concourse Shopping Centre.
There are a several good cities in the Great Knowley area like Preston, and Lancaster.
The area around Great Knowley's best castles can be found at Clitheroe Castle.
Great Knowley History
There are some historic monuments around Great Knowley: