Your guide to Barrowford
BARROWFORDis a large village and civil parish in the Pendle district.
Situated to the north of Nelson,it forms part of the Burnley/Nelson conurbation andaccording to the 2001 census it had a population of 6,039.
Barrowford is situated on the Gisburn Turnpike.
The original Toll House can still be seen.
This house now forms a part of the Pendle Heritage Centre.
A series of locks lead to the highest section of the canal and about a mile on the Leeds side of the canal is Foulridge Tunnel known locally as the Mile Tunnel.
The packhorse bridge near Higherford Mill is the oldest in Barrowford, dating back to the end of the 16th century.
It formerly lay on the old main road to Gisburn which was superseded by the Turnpike road built in 1804.
In September 2006 this mill was featured on the BBC's Restoration program.
The village has two rivers, Pendle Water flows through the town with lovely trout that can often be seen in the gin clear waters.
The other river is Colne water, which joins Pendle water behind the site of the now demolished Samuel Holden cotton mill.
This river flows down from the moors above the town of Colne, again this river holds good trout.
Barrowford was heavily reliant on the cotton mills for its employment, however the mills have all long since closed and the town is now a lovely place to visit.
3:10pm Tuesday 3rd July 2007
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