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Recommended Towns & Villages near Downham

St. Helen's Church, Waddington, Lancashire

Waddington (29 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction W)

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Padiham, Lancashire

Padiham (18 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction S)

Padiham is a thriving Lancashire town lying on the Calder River. It is most famous as the home of Gawthorpe Hall, a noted country estate built early in the 17th-century for the.....

Tenter Hill, Slaidburn, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire

Slaidburn (55 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction NW)

An eye catching place with a pretty village green and a scattering of stone cottages set in an idyllic spot on the banks of the River Hodder...

Hurst Green

Hurst Green (207 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (7.5 miles, 12.0 km, direction SW)

This pretty Lancastrian villages the setting for historic Stoneyhurst, a noted school which was founded in the 16th-century...

River Dunsop

Dunsop Bridge (70 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction NW)

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Town Hall

Accrington (57 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction S)

Some of the town's loveliest architecture comes from the Victorian era, this can be seen in the elegant Victorian Market Hall with its clock and rich display of sculpture...

Snowy Parlick Hill

Chipping (75 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction W)

Winner of Britain in Bloom in 2009, and RHS Tourism and Gold achievement awards, Chipping is a charming village located above a fast flowing stream at the edge of the Bowland forest. Its character can be seen in its ancient cobbled streets and lovely 17th century properties...

Ribble Bridge at Ribchester

Ribchester (78 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction SW)

A picturesque village in the Ribble Valley..

Oswaldtwistle Town Hall & Civic Theater, Union Road, Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle (30 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction S)

This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington...

Limestone scenery above Settle, Yorkshire Dales

Settle (35 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction N)

A wonderful market town in the Yorkshire Dales. Settle is the starting point for the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway; one of Britain's most spectacular and scenic railways which.....

The Smithy in Malham

Malham (84 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (13.6 miles, 21.9 km, direction NE)

High on the moors and dales of Yorshire, lies the wild and desolate place of Malham....

Holy Trinity Church

Skipton (171 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction E)

Long considered "The Gateway to the Dales" which lye to the north, moors extend southwards, and the tranquil countryside of the Ribble Valley is to the west...

A picture of Todmorden

Todmorden (12 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (15.5 miles, 25.0 km, direction SE)

Todmorden lies on the historic border between Yorkshire and Lancashire in an area of the Calder Valley ringed by the hills of the Pennines...

Autumn in Clapham

Clapham (28 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (15.6 miles, 25.0 km, direction N)

The clear waters of Clapham Beck enter the town from the high slopes of Ingleborough where it scampers over a waterfall before plunging down into the town...

Hoghton Tower, Lancashire

Hoghton (12 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (15.7 miles, 25.2 km, direction SW)

It was here that James I created "Sirloin" when he supposedly knighted his beef!..

Winter

Haworth (227 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (16.2 miles, 26.0 km, direction E)

Haworth is famous the world over for its connections with the Bronte sisters, the famous novelists...

Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire seen from the road to Heptonstall

Hebden Bridge (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (16.6 miles, 26.8 km, direction SE)

This beautiful old town grew up close to the River Hebden at the point where a stone bridge was built as part of a pack-horse route in the 16th century...

Overlooking Paper Mill in Ramsbottom from St.Catherines Way.

Ramsbottom (11 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction S)

The countryside surrounding the town offers lakes, woods and hills, with distant Winter Hill rising to a height of 456 feet...

Damems station, a part of Keighley

Keighley (48 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (17.1 miles, 27.6 km, direction E)

This is an industrial town in West Yorkshire. It lies in a fold between the fine countryside of Airdale and Keighley Moors...

A picture of Edgworth

Edgworth (25 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (17.3 miles, 27.9 km, direction S)

This attractive hillside village occupies a pleasant rural location close to two pretty reservoirs and the historic house known as Turton Tower...

Recommended attractions near Downham

Sawley Abbey

Sawley Abbey (15 Pictures)

(1.4 miles, 2.3 km, direction N)

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Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill (61 Pictures)

(2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction SE)

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Lazy afternoon

Clitheroe Castle (41 Pictures)

(3.4 miles, 5.4 km, direction SW)

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Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham

Gawthorpe Hall (3 Pictures)

(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction S)

Gawthorpe Hall, home of the Shuttleworth family for several centuries lies close to the traditional Lancastrian market town of.....

Forest of Bowland, Lancashire

Forest of Bowland (43 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction NW)

This high region of grouse moor and high fells crossed with deep narrow valley's was once a hunting ground of Saxon King's. It.....

Towneley Hall, Burnley, Lancashire

Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum (2 Pictures)

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction SE)

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Garsdale Station on the Settle Carlisle Railway, located high in the Yorksire Dales National Park

Settle Carlisle Railway (9 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction N)

This spectacular train journey could easily be the most scenic train trip in the whole of the UK. The route is part of National.....

Blackburn Cathedral

Blackburn Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.7 km, direction SW)

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Samlesbury Hall

Samlesbury Hall (2 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.3 km, direction SW)

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Skipton Castle, North Yorkshire

Skipton Castle (52 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction E)

Apart from it's historic church, Skipton Castle is the town's premier attraction. This is located where the High Street fans out.....

Malham Views

Malham Cove (30 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction NE)

A natural limestone formation which is a national beauty spot, near Malham, North Yorkshire..

Janet's Foss. Malham, North Yorkshire

Janet's Foss (6 Pictures)

(14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction NE)

A small picturesque waterfall near the village of Malham and Malham Cove, North Yorkshire. Janet refers to a Fairy Queen who is.....

Gordale Scar,  Malham Cove

Gordale Scar (8 Pictures)

(14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction NE)

Painted by James Ward, written about by Wordsworth in a sonnet, this dramatic limestone ravine is an essential visit when in the.....

Darwen Tower at sunset, Darwen, Lancashire.

Darwen Tower (18 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction S)

An observation tower circa 1897Standing at 86ft high, apparently you can sometimes see the Welsh Hills from it on a very clear.....

Hoghton Tower

Hoghton Tower (12 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction SW)

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Bold venture Park, Darwen, Lancashire.

Bold Venture Park (30 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction SW)

The name of this spacious green park situated at Darwen in Lancashire epitomises the endeavour of the local borough engineer who.....

Gibson Mill in Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, West Yorks.

Hardcastle Crags & Gibson Mill (6 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction SE)

Beautiful wooded valley with 19th-century Gibson Mill at its heart, an exemplar of sustainable energy. This is the flagship.....

Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire

Malham Tarn & Moor (4 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 25.0 km, direction NE)

Malham Tarn is a lake in the Yorkshire Dales National Park which inspired English novelist Charles Kingsley to write the classic.....

Cliffe Castle museum, Keighley, West Yorkshire.

Cliffe Castle Museum (5 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.2 km, direction E)

The approach to Cliffe Castle Museum, gives the visitor little hint of the amazing treat in store, for awaiting is a magnificent.....

Preston Guild Hall

Preston Guildhall (1 Pictures)

(17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction SW)

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