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Garstang is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Bay Horse, 15km from Trough of Bowland.
Garstang is in England, United Kingdom, with about 9,500 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Bay Horse, about 8 km away.
Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Borough of Wyre, in Lancashire, England. It lies equidistant between the cities of Lancaster to the north and Preston to the south, both are 10 miles (16 km) away. In 2021, the parish had a total resident population of 4,428; In the 2011 Census, the largerRead more
Garstang Built-up Area, which includes the adjoining settlements of Bonds and Cabus, had a population of 6,779. Garstang is famous for being the world's first ever Fairtrade Town.
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Within an hour or so of Garstang: Trough of Bowland (15 km), Blackpool Pleasure Beach (22 km), Ingleton Waterfalls Trail (35 km), Ingleborough and Gaping Gill (38 km).
The nearest famous roads are Trough of Bowland, Corney Fell Road and A684 Wensleydale (Sedbergh to Leyburn).
Garstang is in England, United Kingdom, about 8 km from Bay Horse.
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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.
15 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Iconic seaside amusement park on England's northwest coast operating since 1896 with historic and modern coasters.
22 km · about 25 min drive
waterfall
A 4.5-mile paid circular walk through wooded gorges past a chain of waterfalls including Thornton Force and Pecca Falls.
35 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
One of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, riddled with caves including Gaping Gill, whose 98m shaft could hold York Minster.
38 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Riverside museum at Backbarrow with 30,000 exhibits including 140 classic vehicles and a dedicated exhibition on the Campbells' Bluebird land and water speed record machines.
42 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Magnificent Victorian railway viaduct with 24 arches striding across the bleak moorland of the Yorkshire Dales, an engineering marvel of the 1870s.
43 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The most distinctive of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, a 694 m stepped ridge above Horton in Ribblesdale.
44 km · about 50 min drive
scenic viewpoint
The highest point in Yorkshire at 736 m, forming the long whaleback ridge above Ribblehead Viaduct.
44 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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