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Photo of the Forest of Bowland, a National Landscape in England.

Forest of BowlandPhoto Robin Cross / Unsplash

Places to explore near Rishton StationRishton

37 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, a 127-mile canal running from Leeds to Liverpool, England.Highlight

Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Canal

The longest single canal in Britain, crossing the Pennines by Bingley's Five Rise Locks and the moors above Burnley.

0.7 km E · spans 5 counties

Photo of Northcote, a restaurant near Langho, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Northcote

Restaurant · With rooms near Langho

Ribble Valley country-house hotel and restaurant on the edge of the Forest of Bowland.

5.3 km N

Photo of the Forest of Bowland, a National Landscape in England.Iconic

Forest of Bowland

National Landscape near Slaidburn

Wild heather moorland and the Trough of Bowland.

6.2 km NE

Photo of Whalley, a village in Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Whalley

Village

Medieval Ribble Valley village of independent shops, a great railway viaduct and the ruins of Whalley Abbey.

6.8 km N · Lancashire

Photo of Ribchester Roman Museum, a visitor attraction in Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Ribchester Roman Museum

Attraction near Ribchester

Village museum on the Roman fort of Bremetennacum, home to a replica of the famous Ribchester parade helmet.

9 km NW

Photo of Ribchester, a village in Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Ribchester

Village

Riverside village built over a Roman fort, with a Roman museum, the columned White Bull and Stydd chapel close by.

9.3 km NW · Lancashire

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Corporation Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Blackburn, Lancashire, north west England.

Corporation Park

House & garden near Blackburn

A grand Victorian park of 1857 with two lakes and a Roman-style triumphal arch.

5 km W

Photo of Witton Country Park, a country park near Blackburn, Lancashire, north west England.

Witton Country Park

Country park near Blackburn

A country park in Lancashire.

6.2 km W

Photo of Whalley Abbey Gatehouse, a ruined abbey in Lancashire, north west England.

Whalley Abbey Gatehouse

Abbey · Cistercian near Whalley

Stone gatehouse of the 1300s that guarded the outer precinct of Whalley's Cistercian abbey, standing beside the village's great railway viaduct.

6.3 km N

Photo of St Mary's Church, Whalley, a church in Lancashire, north west England.

St Mary's Church, Whalley

Church near Whalley

Old parish church beside Whalley Abbey, keeping three carved Anglo-Saxon crosses in its churchyard.

6.4 km N

Mrs Dowson's Farm & Ice Cream

Farm & farm shop near Salesbury

Working dairy farm near Bashall making its own ice cream, with animal encounters and a parlour.

6.8 km NW

Photo of The Millstone, a pub near Mellor, Lancashire, north west England.

The Millstone

Pub near Mellor

Smart coaching inn with rooms in hilltop Mellor, a well-regarded Ribble Valley dining stop.

7.4 km W

Photo along the Ribble Way, a 70-mile long-distance path running from Longton to Ribblehead, England.

Ribble Way

Long-distance path

Sea to source up the Ribble valley, from the marshes at Longton to the high fell country above Ribblehead.

7.5 km N · Lancashire, North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo of The Aspinall Arms, a pub near Great Mitton, Lancashire, north west England.

The Aspinall Arms

Pub near Great Mitton

Big riverside dining pub where the Ribble and Hodder meet at Mitton, with gardens down to the water.

8.9 km N

Photo of The Shireburn Arms, a pub near Hurst Green, Lancashire, north west England.

The Shireburn Arms

Pub near Hurst Green

Seventeenth-century inn at the heart of Hurst Green, at the start of the Tolkien Trail.

8.9 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (22) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.