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Billington

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About Billington

Billington is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Great Harwood, 20km from Trough of Bowland.

Billington is in England, United Kingdom, with about 1,500 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Great Harwood, about 4 km away.

Billington is a village in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. It lies between the villages of Whalley and Langho. It forms part of the Billington and Langho civil parish and contains the schools St Augustine's RC High School, St Leonard's Primary and St Mary's Primary. The village population at the

Read more 2011 census was 1,409. The 16th century Chapel of St Leonard is a Grade I listed building. According to local tradition, the chapel was constructed using materials taken from Whalley Abbey following the dissolution of the monasteries in the Tudor period, but this has never been conclusively proven.

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What is there to see near Billington?

Within an hour or so of Billington: Trough of Bowland (20 km), Haworth (31 km), Malham Cove (33 km), Janet’s Foss (33 km).

Are there any good drives near Billington?

The nearest famous roads are Trough of Bowland, Holme Moss and Woodhead Pass.

Where is Billington?

Billington is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Great Harwood.

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Quick Information

Population
1,458
Continent
Europe
Country
United Kingdom
Region
England
Timezone
Europe/London
Coordinates
53.8157, -2.4236

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in United Kingdom

Police
999
Ambulance
999
Fire
999
Non-emergency police
101
Driving side
left

112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.

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Worth the detour from Billington

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

famous road

Trough of Bowland

Remote moorland pass through the Forest of Bowland linking Lancaster and Dunsop Bridge, following the route the Pendle witches were marched to trial in 1612. Sweeping single-carriageway bends with barely a building in sight.

20 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Haworth

The steep-cobbled Pennine village where the Brontë sisters lived and wrote, with the Parsonage Museum and moorland walks to Top Withens.

31 km · about 35 min drive

natural wonder

Malham Cove

Vast curved limestone cliff rising 80 metres from the valley floor, crowned with an extraordinary limestone pavement of weathered clints and grykes.

33 km · about 40 min drive

waterfall

Janet’s Foss

A small waterfall dropping into a pool below a tufa screen, on the walk from Malham village to Gordale Scar.

33 km · about 40 min drive

natural wonder

Gordale Scar

A jaw-dropping limestone ravine with waterfalls tumbling between overhanging cliffs near Malham.

34 km · about 40 min drive

film location

Malham Cove (Deathly Hallows camp)

Harry and Hermione camp on the limestone pavement at the top of this 80m curved cliff in Deathly Hallows Part 1.

34 km · about 40 min drive

natural wonder

Malham Cove and Malham Tarn

An 80m curved limestone amphitheatre with a rare limestone pavement on top, and England's highest lime-rich lake nearby.

34 km · about 40 min drive

waterfall

Ingleton Waterfalls Trail

A 4.5-mile paid circular walk through wooded gorges past a chain of waterfalls including Thornton Force and Pecca Falls.

38 km · about 45 min drive

Driving roads near Billington

  • 20 kmTrough of BowlandRemote moorland pass through the Forest of Bowland linking Lancaster and Dunsop Bridge, following the route the Pendle witches were marched to trial in 1612. Sweeping single-carriageway bends with barely a building in sight.
  • 39 kmPen-y-ghentThe most distinctive of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, a 694 m stepped ridge above Horton in Ribblesdale.
  • 46 kmWhernsideThe highest point in Yorkshire at 736 m, forming the long whaleback ridge above Ribblehead Viaduct.
  • 49 kmHolme MossA 524 m Pennine pass on the A6024 topped by a landmark transmitter mast, a celebrated cycling climb used in the 2014 Tour de France.
  • 52 kmWoodhead PassThe A628 trans-Pennine route over bleak moorland past the Woodhead reservoirs, frequently closed by snow and high winds.
  • 55 kmSnake Pass (A57)The Woodhead-era Telford road over the Pennines between Glossop and the Ladybower reservoirs, with fast curves and frequent winter closures.

Driving in United Kingdom

Drives on
the left
Petrol
~€1.73/litre
Motorway tolls
None

When to drive here

April to October

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