Acre Hill Farm Certificated Location

If you’re keen to explore this corner of Lancashire on foot, clamber up Pendle Hill (20 minutes’ drive) to the Bronze Age burial site on its summit, follow The Tolkien Trail (half an hour) alongside the River Ribble or cover miles of open moorland on Easington Fell (15 minutes). There are also numerous cycling trails through Gisburn Forest and the Forest of Bowland National Landscape (both 20 minutes). Step back in time to learn about the textile heritage of the region at Bancroft Mill Engine Museum (25 minutes), and tour extravagant apartments stuffed with priceless antiques and colourful stained-glass windows at Victorian-era Cliffe Castle (45 minutes). Kids need a treat? They can ride ponies, cuddle llamas and meet red deer at Thornton Hall Country Park (25 minutes), while younger offspring will almost certainly love the soft-play centre and farm animals at Mrs Dowsons Farm Park (half an hour). When energy needs to be burnt off, ship the whole family off to Go Ape Blackburn (40 minutes) for a foray on treetop rope courses.