Here are the local heritage stories of the past month…
Rossendale area…
Rossendale rebranded The Valley of Distinction to draw in more tourists
Hundreds enjoy day of Lancashire heritage at the Whitaker
Community gives mixed response to rebrand of the Valley
Rooley Moor wind farm plans refused
Hundreds respond to survey on Rawtenstall bus station plan
18th Century former Edenfield pub could be demolished
Barrowford, Nelson Colne area…
500 new homes plan on edge of Barrowford
Housing plan for Trawden countryside unveiled
History of Fence book goes on sale
Stone flags torn up at Colne listed building
Salmon spotted in Burnley and Colne for first time in several decades
Accrington area…
Accrington Magistrates and County Courts set to close
Great Harwood viaduct to be reopened after 15 years
Tarmaced repairs on paved streets were ‘a mistake’
Burnley, Padiham area…
A close look at the historic heart of Burnley
£1m. plan to restore historic Burnley Park
Salmon spotted in Burnley and Colne for first time in several decades
Controversial plan to demolish historic mill in Burnley centre
Nature reserve blossoms at Hapton chemical works site
Ex Burnley bank to be turned into Italian restaurant
Following in the footsteps of medieval kings
Parks are not the only big features
The missing domes on Burnley Town Hall
Clitheroe area…
Archaeologists search for Roman relics in Ribble Valley village
Three great day trips out this summer
Gisburn area…
Solar farm will blight countryside, say objectors
Blackburn and Darwen area…
Looking back at life in Blackburn over the last 100 years
Darwen hosting events for heritage festival
Piece of history which has looked down on Darwen for more than 100 years restored
New modern mode of transport thrilled visionary Victorians
Residents to paint Blackburn’s pavements red at new festival
Nearby places…
Unique chance to see paintings
Work to protect Chorley’s ‘Flying Arches’ wins award
Corneholme trail opened to celebrate old textile industry
Bolton Council hopes to finally sign off town hall plans
Council will “protect” historic buildings following protests over town centre plans
Blackpool’s new £2m Illumination project revealed
Woodland Trust buys majority of Smithills estate
Parts of Forest of Bowland being deliberately set on fire ‘to boost grouse’
New farm wildlife grant scheme open to farmers in Bowland
General and further afield…
Moorland burning ‘threatens protected landscape’
Ash dieback: Woodland Trust warns on hedgerows impact
Farmland bird and butterfly declines show we are ‘failing nature’
‘No cause for alarm’ in red squirrel site decline
Protected status for London’s British Library, opened in 1997
‘Character and heritage’ of post boxes to be preserved