Calder Vale

Photos of Calder Vale and Oakenclough in the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Lancashire.

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CALDER VALE 01A - Lappet Mill

Lappet Mill, Calder Vale at the edge of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire.
Lappet Mill was founded as a water-powered cotton mill in 1835 by the Jackson brothers. The mill is no longer powered by the River Calder, but it is still working as a textile mill, one of its main products being the red, black and white checked cloth used for Arab headscarves. It is said that Yasser Arafat's headdresses were made here.

CALDER VALE 03A - Long Row

Long Row, Calder Vale in Lancashire.
A row of mill workers' cottages (each with a garden) built by the Jackson Brothers for the workers of Lappet Mill.

CALDER VALE 04A - Old mill race and sluice gate for Lappet Mill

The mill race and sluice gate for Lappet Mill at Calder Vale in Lancashire.

CALDER VALE 05A - Old mill pond for Lappet Mill

Mallard on the mill pond of the 1835 cotton mill, Lappet Mill at Calder Vale on the edge of the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
The mill pond is no longer in use but the mill still operates as a cotton mill.

CALDER VALE 06A - River Calder Weir

The old weir on the River Calder for Lappet Mill, Church Woods, Calder Vale, Lancashire.

CALDER VALE 10B - St John's Church

The 1863 Church of St John at Calder Vale at the edge of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire

CALDER VALE 11A - Calder Vale Methodist Church

Calder Vale Wesleyan Methodist Church, Lancashire.
Founded in 1900.

CALDER VALE 12A - War Memorial

War memorial, Calder Vale in Lancashire.

CALDER VALE 15A - Calder Vale Village hall

The Village Hall at Calder Vale on the edge of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire.

CALDER VALE 16A - Telephone box and post box

Red telephone box and post box outside a mill worker's cottage at Calder Vale on the edge of the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.

OAKENCLOUGH 01A - Mill Chimney

Chimney of Oakenclough Paper Mill near Calder Vale in the Forest of Bowland AONB, Lancashire.
Originally a late 18th century water mill. Quaker John Jackson, brother of Jonathan and Richard who founded founded nearby Lappet Mill in Calder Vale, bought the mill in 1827.