Moorhouse Plantation

Moorhouse Plantation is a forest in Simonstone, Ribble Valley District, England. Moorhouse Plantation is situated nearby to the village Simonstone, as well as near Read.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gawthorpe Hall and St Peter’s Church, Simonstone.

Gawthorpe Hall

Museum

Photo: childzy, GFDL.

Gawthorpe Hall is an Elizabethan country house on the banks of the River Calder, in Ightenhill, a civil parish in the Borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England.

St Peter’s Church, Simonstone

Church

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burnley and Whalley.

Burnley is a town in Lancashire, 30 miles north of Manchester. It's an industrial town, but it's proud of its many parks that have been awarded the Green Flag for excellence, and of Burnley Forest — great places for walking or cycling.

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 Harwood

Town

Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Harwood is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, located 5 miles north east of Blackburn and adjacent to the Ribble Valley. Great Harwood is part of the "Three Towns" conurbation along with the towns of Clayton-le-Moors and Rishton.