Mountains & hills · North West England
Beacon Fell
Beacon Fell — Named summit at 266.398 m.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Beacon Fell is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Named summit at 266.398 m.". Coordinates: 53.8798°, -2.6622°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Forest Of Bowland
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Beacon Fell is a fell in the civil parish of Goosnargh in Lancashire, England. The high ground, which rises to 267 m (876 ft), has been a country park since 1970. It is situated within the south westerly part of the Forest of Bowland, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is a trig point on the most-visited summit at 266 metres (873 ft), but another summit in the coniferous woodland 250m to the east reaches 267 metres (876 ft).
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Background
History
The high visibility of the fell made it an ideal location for a beacon. A beacon on the fell has been recorded as early as 1002. The fell formed part of a chain of beacons to warn of the approach of the Spanish Armada in 1588, and of French forces between 1795 and 1815. water from the fell was collected in the existing Barnsfold Reservoirs, 1 mi to the south-west, and from there piped to Fulwood and Whittingham Asylum via Horns Dam Reservoir in Goosnargh parish and a small covered reservoir in Haighton. Conifer woodland was planted on the fell to help manage drainage. From 1959, the fell was no longer required for water, and was left to fall into disrepair. The reservoirs at Barnsfold are…
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- Coordinates
- 53.8798, -2.6622
- County
- Lancashire
- District
- Preston
- Parish
- Goosnargh
- Postcode
- PR3 2EW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ribble Valley
Sources
- osm: n29517101 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Beacon Fell, Lancashire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Beacon Fell 235-35.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Beacon Fell?
- Beacon Fell is in Lancashire, North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode PR3 2EW), in the parish of Goosnargh.
- Is Beacon Fell a protected site?
- Yes — Beacon Fell is part of the Forest Of Bowland National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Beacon Fell free to visit?
- Yes, Beacon Fell is free to enter.
- How do I get to Beacon Fell?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PR3 2EW. It sits within the Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency.