Exploring Niche Shopping, Family Walks, Quality Food & Drink. Explore Barrowford Shops & hidden gems 1.6 miles f you’re interested Ground-breaking local in exploring family artists show off their talent Walk back through the Park Canal walk 2 miles. Park walk 1.3 miles Ifriendly walks in at Pendle Heritage Centre attractive parkland, browsing and work from studios in 0.5 miles Conservation in action independent clothing shops Higherford Mill. Wine experts and enjoying top quality food are on hand to help you choose and drink - the perfect tipple. Fashion and beauty gurus are waiting to help Then Barrowford you to look your best for that is for you . special occasion. Barrowford is a fascinating mix Park up and meet the of the old and the ultra modern. friendly community that is The architectural and Barrowford. hidden gems of the 17th and 18th century farming and hand- loom weaving communities now house independent boutiques. These line the high street and attract affluent and fashion conscious buyers from across the Northwest. Barrowford is a great base for all types of walks. Picture this: a family stroll through the park and back along the high street; a canal-side excursion; a ramble on the footpaths which criss-cross beautiful countryside surrounding the village. 1 Shops & hidden gems Explore the delightful range of independent retailers set within quaint buildings with hidden histories. There’s no reason to endure a long, busy journey to a city to buy that something special. Barrowford is full of chic designer shops, spa and beauty parlours and specialist food and drink stores. This walk allows you to explore the history of Barrowford while indulging in a little retail therapy - perfect! Shop with the stars Barrowford attracts a number of the county’s rich and famous stars to its branded boutiques, including fashion favourite David Beckham. 2 3 Roger Bannister, the famous runner, is a direct descendant of the Bannister’s who lived at Park Hill - now the Heritage Centre. business in Scotland Road, Nelson and 3. A new addition to Barrowford is served for 10 years as a Nelson Borough the renowned Booths Supermarket. Councillor, finally standing down in The Heritage Centre is the start of your journey for walks 1 & 3. Booths is a Preston based modern food 1924. He then wrote the fascinating chain that prides itself on supplying high Annals of Barrowford, published in which to explore the Barrowford area on 1. Close to the junction of Gisburn quality, locally sourced produce. The 1929. foot. Road (A682) and Colne Road (B6247) is store will include a café and toilets. Discover the splendid 15th Century Pendle Heritage Centre. The car park is 6. Back across Gisburn Road you will cruck framed barn which was rescued across Colne Road. 4. Next to Booths is Dacatie House. see Barrowford Vets’ Practice. These from demolition in the 1980s and re- Pendle Heritage Centre is open daily The unusual name of Dacatie House buildings started life as a pair of cottages erected at Park Hill. The main art and and includes a Garden Tearoom which comes from the ingenious cavity bridging with one being converted into a shop craft exhibitions are in the old part of the specialises in home-cooked, traditional system for doorways and windows in during the mid 19th century. By the house which still evokes the atmosphere Lancastrian dishes and overlooks an 18th new buildings, called the Dacatie system. early 1900s the shop was owned and of the 17th Century. Century walled garden. Pendle Heritage The system was designed by a local run by Ernest Faraday, a close relation Centre also houses a well stocked Book engineer based in the building. of Barnard Faraday. Barnard was a At the George and Dragon turn left & Gift Shop, a Tourist Information 2. well known local poet, songwriter and towards the centre of Barrowford. At the Centre, Pendle Arts Gallery, a cruck 5. Opposite Dacatie House is a row of journalist and a first cousin to Michael waterfall on the opposite side of the river framed barn and a conference centre. buildings overhanging the river at the Faraday, the scientist and inventor. you will see the new fishpassthat has back. Jesse Blakey was born here in 1861 Situated beside an ancient crossing been built by the Environment Agency in a shop run by his father. of Pendle Water, this group of attractive 7. Continue a little further along to allow salmon and sea trout to pass up Jesse later ran the business and Grade II listed farm buildings and walled Gisburn Road and you will come to the river to spawn. started the Barrowford Almanac in 1889 White Bear John Wesley, garden offers the ideal day out for the , built in 1667. which continued to be published until whole family. It’s the perfect base from the founder of Methodism, was forced 1914. Jesse went on to have a flourishing to retreat to the building in 1748, after 4 5 being carried by an angry mob from were set upon by a group of men who Roughlee. The instigator of the trouble, 8. A little further along just past 9. At the junction of Church Street had been turned out of the Fleece Inn, Rev George White, Vicar of Colne, Winston’s club, you will find 129 and Gisburn Road you will find what just after midnight. The night was misty asked Wesley to promise he would not Gisburn Road or The Size House, built was Shipside Maritime Chandlers (now and the men armed with wooden staves come to Roughlee again. Wesley refused around 1790 as back-to-back houses. Nursery Time) supplying all kinds of set about the police and in the morning After the building was made into one saying he would sooner cut off his hand. sailing and ships gear. The business pools of spattered blood could be seen house, Ormerod Baldwin lived here Eventually he was allowed to leave via operated from here for years, which from the injured policemen. None of the and employed home-based handloom the back door. Unfortunately some of is surprising when you consider that assailants were ever apprehended, for lack weavers. Size is a mixture based on his friends were set upon and one was Barrowford must be almost as far from of evidence. It was thought that many animal fats. Sizing the ‘warps’ so badly injured that he died shortly the sea, to the west and the east, as you knew the names of the culprits but no strengthened the threads and made the afterwards. Another friend had to leap can get. The business has since moved one ever came forward. The building was weaving easier by reducing friction. into the river to make good his escape. into Preston and is still going strong. demolished during the mid 1930s for the In great contrast to this visit, Wesley Some dishonest weavers also used size to increase the weight of the finished widening of Church Street. preached at Clough, a local farmhouse, 10. The area currently occupied by cloth to get more money for their work. in 1774 and 1776. The White Bear is the Public Toilets used to be The Fleece However, too much size made the cloth 11. A short way along Church Street more peaceful nowadays serving daily Inn, which was a notorious public house. go mouldy and those who carried on the is the Lamb Club (Bank Hall). food and refreshment. In the mid 1840s two village policemen deceits were called ‘Mouldy Heels’. The porch and wing was built by Thomas 6 7 Mike Phelan who played for Burnley, Manchester United, Norwich City and England was brought up in Barrowford and started his days playing football on Bullholme for Barrowford Celtic. Now and Grace Sutcliffe in 1696, possibly Barrowford Rushbearing there used retired from playing he is currently assistant using materials from an earlier part of to be fairground rides, bazaars, shows manager at Manchester United. the building. In 1904 John Strickland and much more besides on the Bowling sold the house for the sum of £587.10s Green. Even a travelling theatre used to the Working Men’s Institute. It’s been to stay there. The Rushbearing was a known as the Lamb Club ever since. traditional country fair with people Butcher’s reputation for service also coming from all the surrounding towns, attracts UK sport’s elite; Manchester 12. The attractive shops at 99 to including two boats full from Burnley. United’s assistant manager and former 103 Gisburn Road (including The In early times bull baiting took international football player Mike Last Trading Post) are listed weavers’ place during the Rushbearing. This Phelan is a regular customer. cottages. Tucked behind them is Hill was replaced by horse racing, then foot Top, a fascinating group of early 19th racing, and then in the 1870s by cycle 14. Look out for the two old water century cottages. The lane retains racing. troughs close to the pelican crossing. its stone setts and flags (cobbles and Beech’s Butchers has been serving August 16th 1847 saw the official pavement). The Last Trading Post is a locally sourced meat for over 50 years. opening of the Gaumless Trough where local, family run business that has been They have won regional recognition many local worthies contributed to the supplying occasion footwear for the feet for their sausages and pride themselves cost of providing clean drinking water to of far and wide shoppers for over 30 on their service and welcome. “Our the people in the centre of Barrowford.