Rowof Cottages in Downham Pendle Hill area in Lancashire in Northern England
Downham is a village under Pendle Hill. It is in the Ribble Valley district and as of the United Kingdom 2001 census has a population of 156. The village is part of the Assheton Estate owned by the Lord and Lady Clitheroe, and the owners do not allow overhead electricity lines, aerials or satellite dishes, making the village a popular location for filming period dramas. Downham was one of the locations used in the 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind, and the series Born and Bred, set in the fictional village of Ormston, Pendle Hill is located in the north-east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Clitheroe and Padiham, an area known as Pendleside. Its summit is 557 metres (1,827 ft) above mean sea level. It gives its name to the Borough of Pendle. It is an isolated hill, separated from the Pennines to the east and the Forest of Bowland to the northwest. Pendle Hill is famous for its links to three events which took place in the 17th century: the Pendle witch trials (1612), Richard Towneley's barometer experiment (1661), and the claimed visitation to George Fox (1652), which led to the foundation of the Quaker movement. A Bronze Age burial site has been also discovered at the summit of the hill. The most popular route for ascending the hill begins in the village of Barley, which lies to the east. This route also provides the steepest ascent. Other nearby villages include Downham, Newchurch-in-Pendle and Sabden. A local saying suggests the area around Pendle Hill experiences frequent rainfall: "If you can see Pendle then it's about to rain, if you can't then it's already started." When it's not raining, and there's a usable northwesterly wind, The story of the Pendle witches is the best known example of alleged witchcraft in English history. The hill continues to be associated with witchcraft and large numbers of visitors climb it every Hallowe'en, though in recent years people have been warned away by the authorities.
Size: 5029px × 3773px
Location: Downham Lancashire England
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: abbey, awesome, barley, barns, basket, beautiful, bell, bollards, brenda, charges, church, clitheroe, cottage, doorway, downham, estate, flowers, garden, gooseberries, graves, handloom, higham, hill, kean, lancashire, magnificent, millstone, newchurch, noticeboard, pendle, photogenic, postbox, river, roughlee, row, ruins, sawley, scenery, source, spring, steps, stunning, toll, tollgate, village, water, weavers, window, workers
