Higher Hempshaw’s Ruins

Higher Hempshaw’s Ruins is a ruins in Anglezarke, Chorley District, England. Higher Hempshaw’s Ruins is situated nearby to Lower Hempshaw’s Ruins, as well as near the ruins Old Rachel’s.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Noon Hill and Spitlers Edge.

Noon Hill

Peak

Noon Hill is a hill on the border of the boroughs of Chorley, Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton, in North West England. It is located on Rivington Moor, Chorley and is 380 metres high.

Spitlers Edge is a ridge running along the eastern edge of Anglezarke Moor, Chorley, Lancashire, England from Standing Stones Hill to Hordern Stoops. The peak, complete with a cairn at 1,286 feet, is the high point of the moorland.

Winter Hill

Peak

Photo: Paypwip, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Winter Hill is a hill on which the three boroughs of Chorley, Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton meet in North West England. It is located on Rivington Moor, Chorley and is 1,496 feet high.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belmont and Healey Nab.

Belmont

Village

Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belmont is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of North Turton, in the unitary authority area of Blackburn with Darwen, in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. It is close to Darwen and has around 500 inhabitants. Belmont is situated 1½ miles east of Higher Hempshaw’s Ruins.

Healey Nab

Locality

Photo: Karl1587, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Healey Nab or "The Nab" is an area of countryside owned partly by Lancashire County Council containing rolling hills, moorland, woodland, ponds and streams to the east of Chorley, Lancashire, between the M61 and the West Pennine Moors. Healey Nab is situated 3 miles northwest of Higher Hempshaw’s Ruins.

Horwich

Town

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Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in the North-West of England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre. It celebrates its industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton, and railways. Horwich is situated 3 miles south of Higher Hempshaw’s Ruins.

Higher Hempshaw’s Ruins

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Anglezarke, Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.64196° or 53° 38′ 31″ north

Longitude

-2.53456° or 2° 32′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C5VJFR8+Q5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2557701643

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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Highlights include Lower Hempshaw’s Ruins and Old Rachel’s.

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