The Top 5 Natural Monuments around Farington
Farington’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 5
beautiful natural monuments around Farington. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Farington. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: November 10, 2025
Birkacre Weir
Highlight • Natural Monument
Birkacre Weir was installed around 1800 to rise the water level and create a faster flowing river to turn the mill water wheels downstream. The fish ladder was installed in 2002 to allow salmon upstream to spawn.
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Round Loaf Tumulus
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Round Loaf is a late-Neolithic or Bronze Age tumulus on Anglezarke Moor. Paths to Round Loaf are not clearly defined.
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Hough Hill Trig Point
Highlight • Viewpoint
A short steep walk from Denham Quarry. Great panoramic views, we could see Blackpool Tower and the Ribble Estuary.
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Pikestones Neolithic Burial Cairn
Highlight • Natural Monument
Only really accessible on a bike when the conditions have been dry, really boggy when wet and not rideable.
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Hesketh Out Marsh, Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve
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A lovely peaceful place to gaze out across the estuary and if you are a birder to observe the bird life. Unfortunatelty there are no facilities here apart from a …
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