School Lane

Farmhouse dated 1661, with later addition; now house. Brick on stone plinth, stone dressings, slate roof with chimneys at left gable, on ridge, and at right side. L-shaped plan, both elements of 2 bays. Two and 2½ storeys. Front formed by 2½ storey gable of C17 house with 2-storey later addition to the left; at the junction, and rising only to the eaves, is a 2-storey gabled porch, the front of its ground floor all of stone, continued above as quoins, with a chamfered doorway, above this a stone tablet (protected by a straight dripstone), the 4 corners and the centre of which are lettered in relief: 1 6/ O/ WD/ 6 1 (= William and Dorothy Osbaldeston) and at 1st floor a 3-light moulded stone mullion window. Right of the porch the C17 house has stone quoins, single-course brick bands on 2 levels, and double chamfered stone mullion windows in all walls: at the front, of 2 and 3 lights at ground floor (slightly different levels), 2 and 3 lights at 1st floor, and 3 lights in the attic; at the side 3 and 4 lights at ground floor, 3 and 3 above; and at the back, 5, 5 and 3 lights. Extension left of porch has sashed windows with segmental brick heads in the 1st bay, low sashed windows in the 2nd bay. Rear has a lean-to in the re-entrant, and sashed windows with glazing bars in the 1st bay. Interior: the C17 part has ovolo moulded beams on both floors, a diamond-pattern stone flagged floor in the entrance hall, cross-corner fireplaces in both ground floor rooms, an original dog leg staircase with turned balusters, and a purlin roof. Remarkably complete survival of interior detail of this period. Grade II* listed in 1960 - source Link

Bamber Bridge station is on the line between Preston and Blackburn. There is a busy level crossing at the eastern end of the platforms. Note the steel work that is currently necessary to support the signal box.

Passengers from Preston arriving at Bamber Bridge station might find the Lancs & Yorks pub very convenient for a stop off on the way home. Its story is an unusual one. For many years known as the Lancashire and Yorkshire (later shortened to Lancs & Yorks), taking its name from the company that ran the adjacent railway, it closed in 2013. The building was then divided into two retail units and it looked as though it had joined the ever-growing ranks of former pubs forever. However, eight years later in 2021 one of the units reopened as a microbar, taking the old name, and now appears to be thriving with regular live music and other entertainment - good news indeed for those who love the institution of the British pub. This photograph shows it as it was in 1992 when it was a William Younger's house and looked smart: SD5625 : Lancs & Yorks, Bamber Bridge. 20 years later, shortly before closure, it was beginning to look distinctly down at heel: SD5625 : Lancs & Yorks, Bamber Bridge.

The somewhat strange-looking tree sculpture on a patch of dandelion-covered grass constitutes a memorial to John McNamara, a local man who was awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War. A tree design was chosen because the name Bamber Bridge derives from the Old English 'bēam' and 'brycg', meaning a tree-trunk bridge.

This line of terraced houses stands opposite St Aidan's Church in Bamber Bridge. Balshaw Street leads off to the left. Station Road is nowadays the B6258 but was previously a stretch of the A6.

This pub, tucked away on St Aidan's Road, was formerly the School Lane Club and became a pub in 2015. The interior decor is in the very trendy 'steampunk' style.

This particular path is rather enchanting - though it can be quite tricky to navigate the limbs of the surrounding vegetation during the summer months!

Shuttling Fields Lane provides access to a number of farms off Gregson Lane.

Looking northwest along the road from the junction with Shuttling Fields Lane.

This track crosses over Many Brooks Bridge and leads up to Top o' th' Barn.

The steeple of this rather magnificent church serves as a viewpoint for miles around.

A quick view along Brook Street.