Colne Colne Includes a four page historic walk guide of Colne for you to pull out and keep. Breathtaking countryside Free parking Past and present and future - Colne’s the place! Produced by Pendle Council. Graphic design in-house by Pendle Council’s Communications Team. Principal photography by Andy Ford. Additional photography by: Johnny English, Paul Barlow, Alistair Lee, Flippin Heck, Pendle Leisure, Boundary Mill, Robert Wade, Sarah Lee, Lee Johnson, Eric Crimmins, Frances Spencer, Lancashire Telegraph, Browsholme Hall, Pendle Design, Alan White, Stanley Graham, Fred Pipes, James White. © Pendle Council/Colne Town Council, 2013 Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher is strictly prohibited. The views expressed by contributors and correspondents are entirely their own. Ijb3195 7/13. Breathtaking countryside Historic town Friendly faces Free parking Specialist shops Past and present and future - Colne’s the place! HERE was a settlement here walking to Colne for market day that the so before Roman times and Colne called Pendle witch, 18 year old Alizon Device, became a market town in the had a fateful meeting with the pedlar, John Law. Middle Ages, thanks to the woollen trade. It was this meeting on 18 March 1612 which In the early 19th century, cotton replaced precipitated events. It led to nine people from wool as the main industry. Lancashire cotton Pendle being hanged as witches at Lancaster brought huge mills, grand mill-owners homes Castle, over 400 years ago. and prosperity to the town. Colne was also home to the ill-fated Built on the spine of a hill, our Pennine town bandmaster of Titanic, Wallace Hartley. He close to the border with Yorkshire, drops away bravely led his band to play on whilst the huge steeply with precipitous Victorian terraced liner sank off the coast of Newfoundland in streets. Many of them still have the original 1912. stone setts. The beautiful bust on Albert Road is a good It’s here, in Colne’s two valleys, South Valley likeness of Wallace and was erected in honour and North Valley, that the giant mills first of his bravery. There’s also a memorial grave in fed on water to power the looms. Some still Colne Cemetery at the top end of town which remain and Colne is full of fascinating heritage, bears the inscription: Nearer, my God, to thee. including striking buildings from the Industrial This was Wallace’s favourite hymn and the last Revolution. music many survivors remember hearing as It’s a beautiful place which many local people Titanic sank beneath an icy sea. Colne's history and location 1 still affectionately call ‘Bonnie Colne upon the More recently, Colne has become an Hill’; a apt description taken from the title of a important cycling hub, with its yearly high Shopping song. speed race, the Colne Grand Prix. Many top 2 More recently, the town, with its many cyclists live in Pendle and use our hills as their towers and flanked with open country on either training ground. Walks 5 side, has been described as looking Italian, like Colners are rightly proud of where they a small hill town in Tuscany! live. And every year for over eight years local Things to see, hear and do To the south east lies Boulsworth, bordering residents in the Colne in Bloom team have 9 the Brontë moors. This hill is one of Pendle’s been filling the town with fantastic beds, Three Peaks and has stunning views. There are hanging baskets and towers full of flowers. Colne Heritage Trail also fascinating rock formations on Boulsworth That’s why we’ve been gold winners in North (pull out and keep - centre pages) and natural habitats for snipe and other birds. West in Bloom for the last four years and silver It’s a Site of Special Scientific Interest. gilt award winners for Britain in Bloom! Eating and drinking To the North West, Pendle Hill with its For an artist’s impression of Colne’s present 13 associations with the Pendle Witches, provides and future look at Michael Kirkbride’s cryptic a mysterious and breath-taking backdrop to mural adjoining Market Street and our open Events 17 our town. market (see page 4). See if you can you find the Colne is connected to many true stories hidden messages and images from art books to Explore our parks 21 which have become legend. It was whilst uncover its meaning. 1 Colne’sShopping the place for shopping OLNE is a traditional market town surrounded by beautiful Pendle fields and hills. It’s the ideal location, whether you’ve enjoyed a walk in the fantastic surrounding countryside and need to rest up with a bite to eat and a warm drink or you want to browse around the variety of independent niche shops which Colne has to offer. Colne Market offers fresh local produce served by a friendly local people. And if you are struggling for recipe ideas just ask. The traders knowledge and expertise is fantastic! Enjoy the hustle and bustle of Colne’s indoor and outdoor markets. There’s an interesting range of things on offer, from colourful flowers for your garden, to original art, vintage items, books as well as the fresh fruit and vegetables you’d expect to find – all at very affordable prices. People come some distance to enjoy a fantastic shopping experience in the Bonnie town of Colne. We have everything you need for your everyday shopping, with a variety of butchers, green grocers, coffee shops and bakeries, so why not treat yourself to a sticky bun. You deserve it! After all that retail therapy you might need a rest. The town boasts two newly refurbished shopping arcades. They’re full to bursting with independent niche shops, offering a unique shopping experience whatever the weather! The elegantly restored Shackleton Hall Arcade dates back to 1888 and retains many of its original features. The unique Arcade further up the hill offers a range of beautiful independent shops and a café, each with period shop fronts decorated in colours to suit the Victorian Renaissance. 2 Free Parking – car parking in the town centre is totally FREE, so you don’t need to worry about finding change for the meter, you can simply park up and start enjoying Colne! If you’re parking on the street, check the signs for how long you can stay, though! You will need to use a parking disc for the Dockray Street car park behind the Red Lion and the library. Loyalty Card Scheme - You could be a winner with the Colne Loyalty Card which rewards you for shopping locally. Over 30 local shops participate in the Colne Loyalty Scheme which offers three lucky winners £100 each every month in the prize draw, just for shopping in Colne! Since the start of the scheme over £15,000 in prize money has been given away! Simply collect a card from participating shops and get a stamp for every purchase you make and you could win £100 simply by shopping in Colne... now that’s great! If every adult in Colne spent just £5 in the town centre per week, rather than shopping online or at big supermarkets an additional £4.9 million would go back into the local economy. Think local! 3 Colne’s the place for walking Boundary Mill and Discover Pendle On the edge of Colne, at the end of the M65, the huge Boundary Mill store attracts visitors from far and wide. It’s in a great position looking out towards Pendle Hill, with a balcony café. Inside, its huge, light and airy surroundings are packed with top quality clothing brands at up to 75% off high street prices. There’s also a cookshop, Thorntons chocolate shop, a perfumerie and all kinds of beautiful things for your home, from bed linen and towels, to china and glass. Discover Pendle Pendle’s gateway Visitor Centre is located at Boundary Mill and offers friendly free advice on how to make the most of Pendle’s attractions. You can also buy tickets for shows at the Muni and Pendle Hippodrome. 4 Colne’s the place for walking 4 5 OLNE is a town in the country and there’s a huge variety of walks you can do, short and long in any direction. You can even set off from the centre of town. It’s a pleasant starting point, full of herbs and flowers thanks to the Colne in Bloom team!. You can enjoy a short stroll through the Millennium Green in Waterside in Colne’s South Valley to the hidden river of Colne Water. If you’re lucky you might catch the kingfishers and dippers skimming upstream in the shadows of the imposing Victorian bulk of Spring Gardens Mill. For a great viewpoint over the town and out to Boulsworth Hill stroll up to Alkincoats Park and the adjoining rugby club. From there you’ll find lots of walks to choose from, through the woodland and community orchard at the top of the park and down to beautiful Lake Burwain and on to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the village of Foulridge with its fascinating canal-side wharf. Or go upstream along the Ferndean Way through leafy Ball Grove Country Park with its tiny lake and picnic site towards the historic hamlet of Wycoller. From Wycoller you can even stretch your legs into Yorkshire, where the Ferndean Way joins the Brontë Way. This linear walk crosses the border from Lancashire into Yorkshire across moorland made famous in Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights.