Places of Interest
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Abbey/Priory/Cathedral | |
Accessible open space | |
Amusement/Theme Park | |
Castle | |
Country Park | |
English Heritage | |
Forestry Commission | |
Heritage railway | |
Historic House | |
Museum (free/not free) | |
National Trust | |
Theatre | |
Zoo |
The following are places of interest in the ceremonial county:
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The Ashton Memorial, Lancaster
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Bank Hall, Bretherton, a Jacobean mansion house, awaiting restoration. Home to Lancashire's oldest Yew tree and one of the two fallen sequoia in the UK.
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Blackpool Tower, completed in 1894
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Clitheroe Castle
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Rivington Pike, near Horwich, a top of the West Pennine Moors is one of the most popular walking destinations in the county, on a clear day the whole of the county can be viewed from here
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Queen Street Mill, the worlds only surviving steam driven cotton weaving shed located in Burnley.
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