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Doc
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Letcliffe Park, Barnoldswick, is a country park that is situated on an attractive hillside. The park contains a bandstand, a football pitch and a childrens play area. Part of the Pendle Way also runs through the park. Letcliffe Park commands spectacular views over the Yorkshire Dales, a viewpoint shows specific landmarks that can be seen.
A most unusual attraction of Letcliffe Park is the 'bandstand'. This is a stage area surrounded by a spectacular 'amphitheater' of low, stepped privet hedges that use the natural slope to create the effect.
Letcliffe Park was established in 1902 by the then Barnoldswick District Council. In 1923 the park became the site to the memorial to the dead of the First World War, although this has now been moved to the town centre. Until the beginning of the Second World War a tank was also sited in the park on a concrete plinth near the second car park.
Between 1988 and 1992 Letcliffe was extensively redeveloped to form a country park. The Park now divides into two main areas, one more formal based on the original concept of the park with an arboretum, whilst the informal area contains picnic sites and play areas and the more open spaces afford outstanding views of the Yorkshire Dales.
As well as being an attraction in its own right Letcliffe Park is within easy reach of many of the other attractions which Barnoldswick has to offer. The open countryside which surrounds Barnoldswick can be seen from the various areas in the Park and can be explored on foot using the many footpaths which criss-cross the area. Section 2 of the Pendle Way passes through Letcliffe Park on its way to Earby 2 miles away.
Letcliffe Park is situated on Manchester Road (B 6252) in Barnoldswick.
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Stanley
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Posted - 18/04/2004 : 14:11
I know I'm picky but Letcliffe Park 5 miles from Earby? I don't think so.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Ringo
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Posted - 29/05/2004 : 10:17
Letcliffe Park is where I spent many a happy hour as a child playing Pitch and Putt on the 9 hole course which used to be there. It has changed over the years and it is now more like a Country Park but is still a brilliant place to go for a walk or for the kids to play.
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Stanley
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Posted - 30/05/2004 : 05:00
See 'Walking with David' (6) in Stanley's View for more info on Letcliffe Park.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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JamesWilson
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Posted - 26/11/2004 : 18:59
It is a credit to the town. I was astounded by the view from the viewing point in the park when I first discovered Letcliffe six years ago. Surpringly enough, you can see Great Whernside (not to be confused with Whernside!) at the top end of Nidderdale, where I was born ** years ago! You can read a little more about Letcliffe Park on my website, www.jameswilsonmedia.co.uk in the Where I Live section James Wilson
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bootsmade4walking
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Posted - 08/01/2005 : 23:48
Oooh my first post!
When I was little I lived very near Letcliffe and spent hours wandering around it with my dog. I visited recently on a trip over and was pleased to see it was in good nick. Also being a couple of feet taller now, I realised what a fantastic panorama it has. But, if I remember right, there used to be glass houses where the council grew plants to put out in the park. All I could find was some signs of old foundations. Does anyone know when they disappeared? |
Doc
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Posted - 09/01/2005 : 00:00
Welcome to the site 'Boots', I don't know about the Glass Houses up on Letcliffe but some of the others will know. I expect you will get a reply as soon has they have read this topic
TTFN - Doc
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Ringo
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Posted - 09/01/2005 : 00:25
I used to live near the park and I remember the greenhouses in the late 70's and early 80's. They were there when there used to be a 9 hole pitch and putt course there. I seem to think that the person who sold tickets for the pitch and putt also worked in the greenhouse's but due to cuts in council budgets the putting was closed and the greenhouses closed, at a guess this was around 1985. They re-classified the park as a Country Park, which seems to mean that they dont need a fulltime park keeeper, we used to have many a run in with the park keepers but i guess they enjoyed it as much as we did.
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Stanley
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Posted - 09/01/2005 : 06:03
Doc and I were up on Letcliffe yeaterday in a sleet storm letting Meg and Jack have a good run. I have always liked Letcliffe, it's big advantage is the views, you can see for miles on a good day. It always amazed me that this was the place where the council put the War memorial, possibly the worst place in the town for the old folk to get to on foot. The present site is much better. If you punch 'Tank' into the search engine you'll find some interesting stuff about the old tank that used to be up there between the wars.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Another
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Posted - 09/01/2005 : 09:01
Bootsie, there are some pictures of Letcliffe on the site including one of the old glass houses from the 1950's. Nolic
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bootsmade4walking
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Posted - 09/01/2005 : 18:17
Thanks - good pix. I can smell the geraniums.
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Posted - 16/04/2008 : 13:10
I well remember the pitch and putt as well as the glasshouses up at Letcliffe. There was also a 9 hole putting green on the small lawned area above the war memorial. Many a Sunday evening in summer was spent up there with my mum and dad on the pitch and putt. We would sometimes take a picnic tea up. This was when Barlick was still and Urban District, the community services such as the parks were run from the town, the people that worked in the park service also looked after the floral displays in town. Remember the displays opposite the old Post office on Fernlea and at the bottom of Kelbrook Road where the Loggia used to be and of course all the stuff down at Victory Park as well. My mum and dad were keen gardeners and kept an allotment. Dad used to grow the veg and mum grew flowers. We always had the smell of Sweet Williams, Chrysanthemums, Sweet Peas and the like in the house. Mum used to swap cuttings and seed varieties when we went up the park. Staff could often be found even on a Sunday as the greenhouses needed tending. I have an idea that they also grew tomatoes in one of the greenhouses, that may have been an "on the side" job for the blokes. My dad used to do a bit of trucking and trading as well with different varieties etc. Back in the 50's and 60's the parks were much more of a showcase than they seem to be nowadays. I suppose peoples lifestyles have changed to some degree as to what they do with their leisure time. Letcliffe used to be extremely busy and would often have dozens of families up there at the weekends. You even had to que on occasions to wait for a putter to be returned to the green shed before you could get a turn on the pitch and putt, happy days.
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Stanley
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Posted - 17/04/2008 : 07:15
Letcliffe is still well used but probably not on the scale it was before other attractions became more accessible. The council work well to keep it tidy and I note we have entered the grass-mowing season again.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 17/04/2008 : 10:16
Hi everyone ... I remember Letcliffe Park with great affection. We (as a family) would go there with Grandma Moss. I always referred to the Band Stand as a Boxing Ring - a childs perspective I suppose. I can remember rolling down a lawned area near the Greenhouse. Great fun. Ofcourse I couldn't see the wider views, being so small, but I've seen the 360degree view of the surrounding countryside (our area's of weekend ramblings) since. Just beautiful - if I ever get back to Barlick, it will be one of the first places I visit.
All thru the fields and meadows gay .... Enjoy Take Care...Cathy |
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Posted - 17/04/2008 : 12:08
The resurrection of these old topics make you wonder where the earlier contributors have gone.
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Stanley
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Posted - 17/04/2008 : 13:49
Perhaps they got themselves a life........... Before you go for my throat, the majority of people would think it was slightly peculiar to spend two hours a day in front of a screen typing small talk. Perhaps we are the noble exceptions?
Stanley Challenger Graham
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