| Page Views: 543 Last Visit to Chipping: October, 2008 | A Weekend in The Trough of Bowland by nickandchris - last update: Nov 7, 2008 |
A Small Page On A Small Place...... | Chipping green and church |
This page is about the tiny village of Chipping in the Trough of Bowland, Lancashire. We spent a couple of days here in October, staying on a Camping Club CL in the motorhome, right in the village.
We delayed leaving home for a day as the weather was so appalling, gale force winds and torrential rain, causing the worst flooding we have ever seen in this area. We drove through flood after flood, feeling extremely grateful we were going to be staying on a site with hard-standings!
The autumn trees provided a spectacularly vivid display of colours on the one walk I managed. Just as I had returned to the van, the heavens opened and a violent hail storm followed. That night was pretty cold and we awoke to a frosty start, 6c inside and 1c out.!
We enjoyed looking round the church, then Nick and I went for a motorbike ride to Beacon Park, when it rained on us so we returned to the van, collected Philip and walked to the pub for lunch. |
| The Post Office, Britain's oldest trading shop. |
|  | The Village It's not easy to get to Chipping,which is located in an area of natural beauty called the Trough of Bowland, especially from the north, as you are prone to turn off the main A road as soon as feasible. That is when you have to become an excellent map reader, as there are literally hundreds of small roads around here, often not sign posted or some even point in the wrong direction. I began to think nothing had changed here since WW2 when signs were deliberately misleading and led you on a wild goose chase!! The main route in is from the south, the B5269 to Longridge and then onto Chipping.
The village flourished industrially in the 19th century when there were seven water-powered mills in operation on the river running through Chipping.Local industry included two cotton spinning mills, a corn mill ,a nail works,a chair works,an iron and brass foundry and two former mills used for cheese making. Today, the chair works is still in full operation and the cheese factory still produces local cheese.
Chipping boasts the oldest continually trading shop in Britain, the Post Office and Gallery,opened in 1668.There are two pubs (both serving food), a cafe, a butcher's, a village store and a cheese factory.St. Bartholomew's church sits prominently off the village green.
There is a car park with public toilets and a children's playground. There is also the new and very swish village hall, open for various functions and available to hire.
Chipping is ideally located for exploring the Trough of Bowland with it's hundreds of footpaths, quiet lanes and pretty villages. Well recommended. |
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| Pros: | "Pretty place in the Trough of Bowland" | | Cons: | "Can seem very crowded when a coach arrives!!!" | | In A Nutshell: | "Beautifully kept village..... there's a lot of money about these parts......." |
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mustertal Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:28 UTC
Ilove this area, but never camped there, thank's for finding me a site to park my caravan. | scottishvisitor Sat Feb 21, 2009 22:20 UTC
Stunning scenery I would love to chip away at Chipping = seems like a nice stop for me and my camera! | davesut Sat Feb 14, 2009 08:29 UTC
Great detail on your pages as ever Christine. Trough of Bowland is an area that I miss too often, maybe due to that map reading required. I see the sculpture is based on what I look like in a morning. | KiKitC Mon Nov 17, 2008 13:44 UTC
OOOh...I'd be so lost trying to get there. My map reading leaves a lot to be desired. Best birthday wishes to you! Enjoy! |
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