Downham, Lancashire
Downham is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England.
Downham is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is in the Ribble Valley district and at the United Kingdom 2001 census had a population of 156. The 2011 Census includes neighbouring Twiston giving a total for both parishes of 214. The village is on the north side of Pendle Hill off the A59 road about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Clitheroe. Much of the parish, including the village is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Rimington, Twiston, Worston, Chatburn and Sawley, and the Pendle parish of Barley-with-Wheatley Booth.
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Worth seeing in and around Downham, Lancashire
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill is in the east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Brierfield, Clitheroe and Padiham. Its summit is 557 metres above mean sea level.
3.2 km · hill in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 02Sawley Abbey
Sawley Abbey was an abbey of Cistercian monks in the village of Sawley, Lancashire, in England. Created as a daughter-house of Newminster Abbey, it existed from 1149 until its dissolution in 1536, during the reign of King Henry VIII. The abbey is a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument.
2.4 km · Cistercian monastery in Sawley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03St Leonard's Church, Downham
St Leonard's Church is in the village of Downham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn.
200 m · Grade II* listed church in Downham, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Christ Church, Chatburn
Christ Church is in the village of Chatburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the diocese of Blackburn.
1.6 km · grade II listed church in Chatburn, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Ambrose's Church, Grindleton
St Ambrose's Church is in the village of Grindleton, which is situated about 3 miles northeast of Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the Diocese of Blackburn.
2.8 km · grade II listed church in Grindleton, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Downham Hall
Downham Hall is an English country house in Downham, Lancashire, England.
300 m · Grade II* listed country house in Downham, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Downham, Lancashire
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 44 km · Manchester (MAN), 61 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 71 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Downham, Lancashire51 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £7–10
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Downham, Lancashire45 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £5–7
- Liverpool → Downham, Lancashire69 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · £8–10
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Downham, Lancashire. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Downham, Lancashire
Downham, Lancashire is 29 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sawleyvillage and civil parish in Lancashire, UK2.5 km
- Grindletonvillage in Lancashire, England, UK3.1 km
- Chatburna village in Ribble Valley District, United Kingdom2.1 km
- Rimingtonvillage and civil parish in Lancashire, UK2.7 km
- Twistonvillage in Lancashire, England, UK2.8 km
- Worstonvillage and civil parish in Lancashire, England2.2 km