Clitheroe Lancashire

Where is Clitheroe?

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Clitheroe itself is situated in Lancashire, on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, and is well signposted from the A59. A popular base for tourists visiting the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty known as the Forest of Bowland.

To the north is Skipton, known as the gateway to the Dales, there is a traditional street market and it's well worth finding the small shop selling pork pies (it's down by the canal near the church - look for the queues). In the opposite direction on the A59, lies Preston, a pleasant enough town with some major stores and a small 'mall' development. It's the nearest place with a main line station and boasts the first stretch of motor way in the country, as well as the Preston Guild - every twenty years. Other places easily accessible are Burnley, Blackburn and Accrington.

One claim to fame for the area is Pendle Hill, and of course the Pendle witches who came from the surrounding area.

Clitheroe Castle - the view hasn't changed much today.

Blue skies! Taken in May 2002

Check to see if our webcam is on

A very good site with a page on Clitheroe comes all the way from Graham Bamber in Australia, shows how easy it is to take for granted the things we have on our own doorstep.

Another very good site, with some coverage of the surrounding villages, comes all the way from? You may have guessed - it's from Australia again, John Edmondson this time, once a local lad here, now a local there. Check out the site, you can even see some images of Oz on the pages!

L.S. Lowry - Street in Clitheroe. A little artistic license used for this great example of his work, to see much more of the work of L.S.Lowry, why not visit the Lowry Centre at Salford, for a great day out.

There seems to be some debate about the location of the Lowry painting, some suggest Moor Lane (the photo on the left), others claim it is the Library building on the right. I favour Moor Lane, but will leave you to make up your own mind.

Could it be anywhere else but Clitheroe?