High Wood

High Wood is a Area in the county of Lancashire.

Retail in High Wood

There are great places to visit near High Wood 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.

Towns to visit near High Wood include Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.

Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester are some of High Wood best villages to visit near High Wood.

Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park are great places to visit near High Wood if you like parks.

The area around High Wood features a number of interesting waterfalls including Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.

Woodlands to visit near High Wood include 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 High Wood including Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.

The area around High Wood boasts some of the best old mines 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.

Ruins to visit near High Wood include Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).

Don't miss 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's historic buildings if visiting the area around High Wood.

The area around High Wood features a number of interesting 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 High Wood including Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.

The area around High Wood features a number of interesting hiking areas including Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.

Hills to visit near High Wood include Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.

Places near High Wood feature a number of interesting round cairns including Jepsons Gate Cairn.

The area around High Wood 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.

High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods are great places to visit near High Wood if you like bluebell woods.

Geological Features to visit near High Wood include Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones.

The area around High Wood features a number of interesting gardens including The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.

Country Parks to visit near High Wood include Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.

High Wood has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood.

There are a number of historic sites near to High Wood including Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.

There are a several good canals in the High Wood area like 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.

Roman Sites to visit near High Wood include Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.

Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston are some of High Wood best museums to visit near High Wood.

High Wood's best nearby caves can be found at Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.

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

The area around High Wood boasts some of the best sssis including Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.

Don't miss Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf's beaches if visiting the area around High Wood.

Madame Tussauds Blackpool, The Big One, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach are great places to visit near High Wood if you like attractions.

High Wood is near some unmissable shopping centres like The Concourse Shopping Centre,

The area around High Wood features a number of interesting cities including Preston, and Lancaster.

There are a number of castles near to High Wood including Clitheroe Castle.

High Wood History

There are some historic monuments around High Wood:

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    The Hartshead Tower(s)

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    As a part of this production, Landscape Britain was asked to advise with regards to the location of specific areas of outstanding natural beauty throughout the region.

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