Horse Shoe Wood

Horse Shoe Wood is a forest in Clayton-le-Dale, Ribble Valley District, England. Horse Shoe Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Clayton-le-Dale, as well as near the village Osbaldeston.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bremetennacum and Ribchester Roman Museum.

Bremetennacum

Archaeological site

Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.

Bremetennacum, or Bremetennacum Veteranorum, was a Roman fort on the site of the present day village of Ribchester in Lancashire, England. The site is a Scheduled Monument.

Ribchester Roman Museum is located in the village of Ribchester, Lancashire, England. It sits at the southern end of Church Street, near the northern banks of the River Ribble, adjacent to St Wilfrid's Church.

St Mary’s Church, Mellor

Church

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

St Mary's Church is in Church Lane, Mellor, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackburn and Brownhill.

Blackburn

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blackburn is a large town in Lancashire in North West England. The town has some attractive public buildings and parks, but it is mostly known for its contribution to the cotton weaving industry and for its successful premiership football team, Blackburn Rovers.

Brownhill

Suburb

Brownhill is a suburb of Blackburn, in the unitary borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north-east of the town centre, in the Roe Lee ward which has an estimated population of 5,948.

Ribchester

Village

Photo: Watcher328, Public domain.

Ribchester is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Ribble, six miles northwest of Blackburn and twelve miles east of Preston.

Horse Shoe Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Clayton-le-Dale, Ribble Valley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.7959° or 53° 47′ 45″ north

Longitude

-2.5215° or 2° 31′ 17″ west

Open location code

9C5VQFWH+8C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 992324787

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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