Ashton Memorial
Set in 38 acres of landscaped parkland the beautifully restored Memorial houses an exhibition of the life times of Lord Ashton. The Old Palm House is home to a glorious variety of butterflies and an exotic array of plants and flowers. There is also a Foreign Bird House and Conservation Garden with Mini Beast House.
Williamson Park, Lancaster
Tel: 01524 33318
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Clitheroe Castle
The Norman castle keep of Clitheroe has dominated the skyline for more than 800 years since being built around 1186 by Robert de Lacy.
Castlegate, Clitheroe
Tel: 01200 424635
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Darwen Tower
In spite of the grim conditions in which most Darweners lived and worked there was plenty to celebrate towards the turn of the century. The extensive sweep of the moors had just been freed after years of often bitter wrangling and Queen Victoria was about to reach her diamond jubilee. What better way to mark the occasions than by building a lasting monument high on the surrounding hills and with a vast panorama over Lancashire?
The tower can be reached through Sunnyhurst Woods or up Bury Fold Lane
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Gawthorpe Hall
A magnificent Jacobean house set in formal gardens. Gawthorpe was built between 1600 - 1605 for the Shuttleworth family who continued to own it until 1970.
Padiham, Nr Burnley BB12 8UA
Tel: 01282 771004
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Lancaster Castle
See where the Lancashire Witches were tried, convicted and condemned to die, the beautiful Gillow furniture in the Grand Jury Room, the Dungeons and 'Hanging Corner' where hundreds of condemned prisoners were publicly hanged, or the magnificent Shire Hall, with its display of heraldic shields the Crown Court from where convicts were transported to Australia.
Castle Parade, Lancaster
Tel: 01524 64998
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