Lower Hempshaw’s Ruins

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

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spitlers Edge and Noon Hill.

Spitlers Edge

Peak

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.

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.

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 Lower 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 2½ miles northwest of Lower Hempshaw’s Ruins.

Horwich

Town

Photo: Nicholasjf21, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in northwest England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre, with an industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton and railways. Horwich is situated 3 miles south of Lower Hempshaw’s Ruins.

Lower 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

53.64248° or 53° 38′ 33″ north

Longitude

-2.5364° or 2° 32′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C5VJFR7+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4238970589

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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

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