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Photo of Abbeystead, a village in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, north west England.

© Chris Heaton / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Abbeystead

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Abbeystead is a small estate hamlet deep in the Forest of Bowland, set where the two branches of the River Wyre come together below the fells. It takes its name from a Cistercian monastery that once stood nearby but has long since vanished. This is quiet walking country, well off the tourist run, with open moorland rising all around. Lancaster station is about 12km to the north-west if you’re coming by train.

More places to visit near Abbeystead

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

Forest of Bowland

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Slaidburn

Wild heather moorland and the Trough of Bowland.

Photo of the Lancaster Canal, a 41-mile canal running from Preston to Tewitfield, north west England.

Lancaster Canal

Canal

The lock-free coastal canal of the north-west, 41 miles on one level from Preston to Tewitfield with the sea often in view.

7.6 km W · Lancashire & Cumbria

Photo of Ashton Memorial, a folly near Lancaster, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Ashton Memorial

Folly near Lancaster

Grand Edwardian domed folly rising over Williamson Park in Lancaster, dubbed the 'Taj Mahal of the North'.

10.1 km NW

Photo of Williamson Park, a garden near Lancaster, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Williamson Park

Garden near Lancaster

Hilltop Victorian park above Lancaster with woodland walks, a butterfly house and the domed Ashton Memorial.

10.1 km NW

Photo: Trough of Bowland, a viewpoint near Dunsop Bridge in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Trough of Bowland

Viewpoint near Dunsop Bridge

Dramatic high pass winding through the empty heart of the Bowland fells, likened to a slice of the Alps.

10.4 km SE

Photo: Crook o' Lune, a viewpoint near Caton in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Crook o' Lune

Viewpoint near Caton

Great looping bend of the River Lune near Caton, a beauty spot painted by Turner and a riverside picnic stop.

10.8 km NW