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Away from the pressures of modern life in rural Lancashire

The two major cities in Lancashire have seen a revival in recent years and are throwing their dark images, the northern English industrial cities, focusing on culture, shopping and sport. The regeneration is based on the story of the respective cities. With its maritime past, the focus of the renewal in Liverpool has been the renovation of Albert Dock, home to several museums including the Tate and The Beatles Story. Manchester has revitalized an area of ​​the old port area in the final of the Manchester Ship Canal and within walking distance of downtown. Salford Quays is home to The Lowry, a complex of arts spectacular and the largest collection of paintings by LS Lowry, in addition to the Imperial War Museum North.

Blackpool is synonymous of English seaside holidays and although you can still enjoy a nostalgic visit complete with donkey rides, fish and chips and a stroll along the promenade the station has moved to meet the needs of tourists of the 21st century.

In stark contrast, rural Lancashire offers some of the best landscapes fine local food production in the country. The Ribble Valley is a rural retreat where the green valleys, moors and heaths command-seeded.

After the upstream Ribble Valley through rolling countryside and picturesque villages you will find the charming market town of Clitheroe. It is well known for its shops specialized especially tempting food and drink items such as wines, meats and a café winning reputation. In fact, the Ribble Valley is home to some of the best Lancashire food and drink. A series of wonderful foods – meat from traditional breeds of Lancashire, organic milk and yogurt, cheese and ice cream, chocolate made hand, pies and pastries, and a feast of fruits and vegetables full of natural flavor – can be found in shops and restaurants along leafy lanes and in the cities and historic towns.

Clitheroe is on the edge of the western Pennines less well known and misleadingly called the Forest of Bowland. 'Forest' used in the traditional sense of a royal hunting ground, when in fact this area of ​​outstanding natural beauty is mostly moorland and valleys with small dots farming communities. Until recently visitors could not access many of its steep hills and private owners of land reserved for problems cocks. Walkers are starting to take this great location in a network of ancient paths cross the moors and the Bowland Fells, where you will discover spectacular scenery and waterfalls. Slaidburn, in the heart of the Forest of Bowland is a picturesque town of Bowland with attractive gray-stone houses of Lancashire.

A little further south and dominates the area is the mythological Pendle Hill. This majestic and brooding whale-shaped hill, again is among the Ribble Valley, Forest of Bowland and Bronte Country. The increase almost 2000 feet to climb the fell can be a hard drive (although it is also a relatively easy route of a road that passes over the shoulder of the hill). The top offers views across the Forest of Bowland, the Yorkshire Dales and on clear days, the Lake District. However, they are sensational events that took place during the 17th century for which he is best known. Check out the Pendle Witches Trail, a fascinating walking tour takes you around some of the places that are synonymous of the infamous Pendle Witches were hanged. It begins in the picturesque village of barley and is in the villages of Newchurch and Roughlee, with its picturesque houses of Lancashire, both winners Lancashire recent Village of the Year awards. The story is perpetuated by the hilltop meeting every Halloween.

About the Author

Peter has worked in senior positions within the travel industry for nearly 30 years and lives in the Yorkshire Dales. To see a selection of Lancashire holiday cottages go to Holiday cottages Lancashire Or, for cottages in some of the other wonderful areas of Britain go to Holiday cottages in the UK

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