Barrow

Barrow is a hamlet in Wiswell, Ribble Valley District, England. Barrow is situated nearby to the village Wiswell, as well as near the hamlet Calderstones.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whalley railway station and Clitheroe Castle.

Whalley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whalley railway station serves the village of Whalley in Lancashire, England. The station lies on the Ribble Valley Line 7+1⁄4 miles north of Blackburn.

Clitheroe Castle is a ruined early medieval castle in Clitheroe in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It was the caput of the Honour of Clitheroe, a vast estate stretching along the western side of the Pennines. Clitheroe Castle is situated 2 miles north of Barrow.

Church of St Mary and All Saints, Whalley

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Mary and All Saints is an Anglican church in the village of Whalley, Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whalley and Great Mitton.

Whalley

Village

Photo: Craigthornber, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whalley is a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire, England. It is overlooked by Whalley Nab, a large wooded hill over the river from the village.

Great Mitton

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Mitton is a village and a civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It is separated from the civil parish of Little Mitton by the River Ribble, both lie about three miles from the town of Clitheroe.

Clitheroe

Photo: ClemRutter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Clitheroe is an attractive market town in the Ribble Valley in East Lancashire. It has a Norman castle guarding the transport route along the valley, and is a good base for exploring the Forest of Bowland to the north.

Barrow

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Wiswell, Ribble Valley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.84065° or 53° 50′ 26″ north

Longitude

-2.40259° or 2° 24′ 9″ west

Elevation

259 feet (79 metres)

Open location code

9C5VRHRW+7X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 30099955

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

12265949

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