English Heritage sites near Lower Holker Parish
WARTON OLD RECTORY
8 miles from Lower Holker Parish
A rare survival of a large 14th-century stone house with great hall and chambers. It served as a residence and courthouse for the wealthy and powerful rectors of Warton.
BOW BRIDGE
9 miles from Lower Holker Parish
This narrow 15th-century stone bridge across Mill Beck carried an old packhorse route to nearby Furness Abbey.
STOTT PARK BOBBIN MILL
9 miles from Lower Holker Parish
In the Lake District in Cumbria, this extensive working mill was begun in 1835 to produce the wooden bobbins vital to the Lancashire spinning and weaving industries.
FURNESS ABBEY
9 miles from Lower Holker Parish
The remains of an abbey founded by Stephen, later King of England, including much of the east end and west tower of the church, ornately decorated chapter house and cloister buildings.
PIEL CASTLE
10 miles from Lower Holker Parish
The impressive ruins of a 14th-century castle with a massive keep, inner and outer baileys, and towered curtain walls still standing.
AMBLESIDE ROMAN FORT
19 miles from Lower Holker Parish
The well-marked remains of a 2nd-century fort with large granaries, probably built under Hadrian's rule to guard the Roman road from Brougham to Ravenglass and act as a supply base.
Churches in Lower Holker Parish
St John's Flookburgh
STATION ROAD
Flookburgh
Grange over Sands
(015395) 35560
1st and 3rd Sunday of the month Holy Communion 9.30 am
2nd and 4th Sunday of the month Morning Prayer 9.30 am
Sunday School during the school term
Coffee served after the service and coffee and croissants at 9.00 am on the 1st Sunday of the month
5th Sunday could be anything!
All welcome
Pubs in Lower Holker Parish
Cabin
Crown Inn
Engine Inn
Cark-in-Cartmel, LA11 7NZ
(015395) 58341
theengineinncartmel.co.uk
Fat Flour Bakery
Hope & Anchor
11 Market Street, Flookburgh, LA11 7JU
(015395) 59202
robinsonsbrewery.com/hopeanchorflookburg...
Ravenstown Club & Institute
Rose & Crown
Cark-in-Cartmel, LA11 7NU
(015395) 59084
robinsonsbrewery.com/pubs/rose-crown-car...