Dunsop Bridge

Dunsop Bridge is the entrance to the famous Trough of Bowland. Lovely winding paths from here through the moors to Lancaster are popular with thousands of fell walkers.

With resident ducks and grassy banks it is the perfect place to stop for a picnic or a cup of tea and a cake at the café.

At St Hubert’s Church the painting of a horse on the ceiling above the altar is supposed to be of the 1861 Derby winner ‘Kettledrum’. Owned by the Towneley family it is said that the church was paid for with the horse’s winnings.

Ordnance Survey have declared Dunsop Bridge as the official centre of the British Isles, the famous explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes unveiled the plaque that verifies this.

Road Directions

Leave M6 Motorway at junction 31 follow the A59. Signpostings will then indicate Dunsop Bridge.

Public Transport Directions

Nearest train station Clitheroe, nearest bus station Whalley. For further information and timetables contact Clitheroe Tourist Information Centre on 01200 425566.