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Clitheroe works well as a base: 10 minutes from Chatburn, 16km from Trough of Bowland.
Clitheroe is in England, United Kingdom, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Chatburn, about 4 km away.
Clitheroe () is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England; it is located 34 miles (55 km) north-west of Manchester. It is near the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for tourists visiting the area. In 2018, the Clitheroe built-up area had an estimated population ofRead more
16,279.
The town was listed in the 2017 The Sunday Times report on the best places to live in Northern England, while the wider Ribble Valley, of which Clitheroe is the most populous settlement, was listed in the 2018 and 2024 Sunday Times report on the best places to live. Clitheroe and the wider Ribble Valley have also been listed as healthiest and happiest place to live in the United Kingdom.
The town's most notable building is Clitheroe Castle, which is one of the smallest Norman keeps in Great Britain. Several manufacturing companies have sites here, including Dugdale Nutrition, Hanson Cement, Johnson Matthey and Tarmac.
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Within an hour or so of Clitheroe: Trough of Bowland (16 km), Malham Cove (28 km), Malham Cove (Deathly Hallows camp) (28 km), Malham Cove and Malham Tarn (28 km).
The nearest famous roads are Trough of Bowland, A684 Wensleydale (Sedbergh to Leyburn) and Holme Moss.
Clitheroe is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Chatburn.
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Full driving guide for United Kingdom8 notable places within an hour's drive.
famous road
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.
16 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Vast curved limestone cliff rising 80 metres from the valley floor, crowned with an extraordinary limestone pavement of weathered clints and grykes.
28 km · about 30 min drive
film location
Harry and Hermione camp on the limestone pavement at the top of this 80m curved cliff in Deathly Hallows Part 1.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
An 80m curved limestone amphitheatre with a rare limestone pavement on top, and England's highest lime-rich lake nearby.
28 km · about 30 min drive
waterfall
A small waterfall dropping into a pool below a tufa screen, on the walk from Malham village to Gordale Scar.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A jaw-dropping limestone ravine with waterfalls tumbling between overhanging cliffs near Malham.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
The steep-cobbled Pennine village where the Brontë sisters lived and wrote, with the Parsonage Museum and moorland walks to Top Withens.
29 km · about 35 min drive
waterfall
A 4.5-mile paid circular walk through wooded gorges past a chain of waterfalls including Thornton Force and Pecca Falls.
32 km · about 35 min drive
April to October
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