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Tourist guide to Crawshawbooth
3:10pm Tuesday 24th July 2007
Crawshawbooth straddles the A56 and is just beyond Rawtenstall on the way to Burnley.
Comments (0)Tourist guide to Bacup
12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007
THE River Irwell originates high above Bacup, not far from the Deerplay Inn. The name indicates that deer did indeed roam these moors.
Tourist guide to Haslingden
12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007
THE name Haslingden means the place where hazel trees grow, which was accurate in Saxon times when the Rossendale Forest was extensive.
Tourist guide to Rawtenstall
12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007
THOSE who wish to see Rawtenstall at its best should arrive by steam train, which gives real insight into the history of the settlement.
Tourist guide to Ramsbottom
12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007
MOST people understandably assume the name Ramsbottom is derived from sheep.
Tourist guide to Cliviger
12:00pm Tuesday 24th July 2007
THE name Cliviger translates from middle English and means Cliff Acre or Cliff Ground and this relates to the rocky Cliviger Gorge.
Tourist guide to Todmorden
9:00am Tuesday 24th July 2007
YOU could say the River Calder has a split personality. Mention it to residents of Todmorden, on the border with Yorkshire, and they will say "which one?"
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