Pendle

[pacharan]

Wife and I are thinking of going witching in a few weeks time.

Anyone recommend any B&B in the area? Also, is it possible to spend a night in the farmhouse. I gather from watching Most Haunted that it's completely derelict.

 

[TimberWolf]

Can't you sleep in the 'haunted' house? What a rip-off. What about a local graveyard?

 

[pacharan]

Thought we'd also POP into one or two scummy industrial towns.

Where's good to go for a good gloat?

 

[Arturo Bassick]

Thought we'd also POP into one or two scummy industrial towns.

Where's good to go for a good gloat?

I wouldnt if I were you. The local hill trolls can smell game from miles away. Burnley knuckledraggers are not friendly.

you should be close enough to visit here though http://www.northcote.com/

I feel a bit like Egon Ronay today.

 

[PAH]

Any accommodation near Newchurch-in-Pendle will probably be the best bet. That seems to be the epicentre of the whole pendle witch touristy stuff, being one of the closest villages to Pendle Hill and the Pendle Witch history.

Not been there myself since I was a teen when we used to do bike rides to pendle for a day out, so it may have changed since then. Around halloween it used to get very busy (walking to the top of the hill, which is almost a mountain, is a popular thing for locals), so much so that the rozzers closed some of the roads to keep traffic away.

If you can't find anywhere suitable nearby, there's always The Witch Way bus from Manchester, though it's a normal service rather than tourist bus, so doesn't go that close to Pendle Hill itself. You will get some good views of the hill in the distance though, and also a 'tour' through the scummy decaying ex-industrial towns such as Burnley, Nelson, Colne.

 

[pacharan]

Any accommodation near Newchurch-in-Pendle will probably be the best bet. That seems to be the epicentre of the whole pendle witch touristy stuff, being one of the closest villages to Pendle Hill and the Pendle Witch history.

Not been there myself since I was a teen when we used to do bike rides to pendle for a day out, so it may have changed since then. Around halloween it used to get very busy (walking to the top of the hill, which is almost a mountain, is a popular thing for locals), so much so that the rozzers closed some of the roads to keep traffic away.

If you can't find anywhere suitable nearby, there's always The Witch Way bus from Manchester, though it's a normal service rather than tourist bus, so doesn't go that close to Pendle Hill itself. You will get some good views of the hill in the distance though, and also a 'tour' through the scummy decaying ex-industrial towns such as Burnley, Nelson, Colne.

Oohh Thank-you.

 

[pacharan]

I wouldnt if I were you. The local hill trolls can smell game from miles away. Burnley knuckledraggers are not friendly.

you should be close enough to visit here though Hotels in Lancashire Country House Hotel Small Luxury Hotel

I feel a bit like Egon Ronay today.

One of my mates in our pub reckons that it's common for people to drag their sofas out on to the pavement and sit there and drink beer all day.

 

[minestrone]

One of my mates in our pub reckons that it's common for people to drag their sofas out on to the pavement and sit there and drink beer all day.

Actually sounds pretty good.

 

[ChrisPackit]

I know fook all about the accommodation but would heartedly recommend a pint or 5 of the local brew, Moorhouses Pendle Witch brew.

About as good as you'll get for real ale in my opinion, and 5.2% so doesn't take that many to make you fall off your chair...

 

[pacharan]

I know fook all about the accommodation but would heartedly recommend a pint or 5 of the local brew, Moorhouses Pendle Witch brew.

About as good as you'll get for real ale in my opinion, and 5.2% so doesn't take that many to make you fall off your chair...

Excellent, let's hope they sell it in Yates's Wine Lodge