Gambleside

Worth seeing in and around Gambleside

5 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.

1. 01
   Singing Ringing Tree

   The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind-powered sound sculpture resembling a windswept tree set in the landscape of the Pennine hill range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire, England. Completed in 2006, it is part of the series of four sculptures within the Panopticons arts and regeneration project created by the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network.

   2.4 km · wind powered sound sculpture in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Hameldon Hill

   Hameldon Hill is a Carboniferous sandstone hill with a summit elevation of 409 metres, situated between the towns of Burnley and Accrington in Lancashire, England. It is listed as a "HuMP" or "Hundred Metre Prominence", its parent being Freeholds Top, a Marilyn near Bacup.

   2.4 km · hill in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St John the Evangelist's Church, Crawshawbooth

   St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Crawshawbooth, near Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church formerly in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester.

   3.3 km · church in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum

   Towneley Park is owned and managed by Burnley Borough Council and is the largest and most popular park in Burnley, Lancashire, England. The main entrance to the park is within a mile of the town centre and the park extends to the south east, covering an area of some 180 hectares.

   3.9 km · country house and park with art gallery and museum in Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Scott Park

   Scott Park is a public park in Burnley, Lancashire. It covers 7.9 hectares and was opened in 1895.

   3.9 km · park in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Gambleside

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Leeds Bradford (LBA), 41 km · Manchester (MAN), 44 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 60 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Gambleside

  65 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £7–9
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Gambleside

  12 km · quickest by road, 34 min · £1.5–2
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• Liverpool → Gambleside

  39 km · quickest by road, 1h · £4.5–6
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No local-transport research exists yet for Gambleside

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 Gambleside. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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