Photo of Morecambe, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

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Photo of Morecambe, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Morecambe

Faded-then-reviving bay resort with a five-mile prom, the Eric Morecambe statue and the art-deco Midland Hotel.

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Photo of Lytham, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Lytham

Genteel Fylde-coast town with a windmill on the green, a wide seafront and Georgian Lytham Hall behind it.

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Photo of Heysham, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Heysham

Old Morecambe Bay village of narrow lanes and nettle beer, above the rock-cut graves and ruined St Patrick's Chapel.

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

Whalley

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

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

Downham

Stone estate village at the foot of Pendle Hill, kept free of aerials and road markings and often called the loveliest in Lancashire.

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

Ribchester

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

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Photo of Rivington, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Rivington

Scattered West Pennine village below Rivington Pike, with a green, two churches and Lord Leverhulme's terraced gardens above.

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Photo of Silverdale, a village in Arnside & Silverdale, Lancashire, north west England.

Silverdale

Limestone-and-woodland village on the Lancashire edge of the Arnside & Silverdale AONB, ringed by coast and reserves.

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

Slaidburn

Grey-stone village by the Hodder in moorland Bowland, with a riverside green, old grammar school and the Hark to Bounty inn.

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Photo of Sunderland Point, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Sunderland Point

Tiny former port cut off by the tide twice a day, reached only across the sands of the Lune estuary.

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

Waddington

Picture-postcard Ribble Valley village with a stream running beside the street, flower displays and the riverside Coronation Gardens.

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Photo of Clitheroe, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Clitheroe

Ribble Valley market town under a small Norman keep, with an old market, Holmes Mill and the gateway to Bowland.

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Photo of Bolton-by-Bowland, a village in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, north west England.

Bolton-by-Bowland

Quiet village with two greens, a market cross and stocks, and a three-mile trail through traditional Ribble Valley countryside.

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

Dunsop Bridge

Serene riverside hamlet held to be the geographic centre of Great Britain, and the gateway to the Trough of Bowland.

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Photo of Garstang, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Garstang

Wyre-side market town, the world's first Fairtrade Town, with a canal basin and weekly market.

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Photo of Hurst Green, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Hurst Green

Ribble Valley village at the gates of Stonyhurst College and the start of the Tolkien Trail.

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

Sawley

Ribble-side village around the ruins of Sawley Abbey, with the Spread Eagle inn opposite.

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

Whitewell

Tiny hamlet in the Hodder valley gathered around the ancient Inn at Whitewell, with river stepping stones nearby.

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

Wray

Former silk-weaving village in the Lune valley, known for its spring scarecrow festival.

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Photo of Wrea Green, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Wrea Green

Fylde village around one of Lancashire's largest greens, complete with a duck pond and a shelf of best-kept awards.

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Poulton-le-Fylde

Pretty inland Fylde market town with a cobbled square, stocks, an old market cross and St Chad's church.

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Barley

Snug village at the foot of Pendle Hill and the usual starting point for the climb and the Sculpture Trail.

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Calder Vale

Hidden mill village in a wooded Bowland cleft, where a working weaving mill still stands by the river.

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Chipping

One of Lancashire's oldest villages, stone cottages above the River Loud with the historic Brabin's shop and repeat Britain in Bloom wins.

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Glasson Dock

Working port village on the Lune estuary where the Lancaster Canal meets the sea, with a marina and a smokehouse.

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Great Mitton

Tiny village above the Ribble-Hodder meeting, with the medieval All Hallows Church and the Aspinall Arms and Three Fishes.

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Hornby

Lune-valley village beneath a hilltop castle, a former coaching stop on the road north to Scotland.

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Newchurch-in-Pendle

Witch-country village whose St Mary's tower bears an 'eye of God', with the quirky Witches Galore shop.

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Newton-in-Bowland

Attractive Hodder-side village in remote Bowland, home to the acclaimed Parkers Arms.

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Photo of Knott End-on-Sea, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Knott End-on-Sea

Small resort at the mouth of the Wyre, linked to Fleetwood by a passenger ferry across the estuary.

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Photo of Longridge, a village in Lancashire, north west England.

Longridge

Independent-minded market town on a fell edge, looking out over the Fylde plain to the distant sea.

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

Abbeystead

Estate hamlet in the Wyre valley named for a lost Cistercian monastery, deep in the Bowland fells.

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

Caton

Lune-valley village of woodland and farmland, near the Crook o' Lune beauty spot painted by Turner.

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

Sabden

Valley village below Pendle Hill on the road over Nick o' Pendle, with old vaccary walls and calico-printing history.

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Barrowford

Pendleside village of former weavers, with the Pendle Heritage Centre and its walled garden by the water.

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Roughlee

Small Pendle village by White Hough Water, home to the statue of accused witch Alice Nutter.

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St Michael's on Wyre

Quiet Fylde village on the River Wyre, gathered around a church founded before 640 AD.

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Turton

West Pennine village of moorland and old field patterns, watched over by the medieval Turton Tower.

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