Clitheroe
Clitheroe is about 15 miles northeast of Preston, and Wiki tells me is considered one of the best places to live in the UK based on surveys in the Sunday Times. The town is dominated by a castle, which is situated at the top of a rocky hill - the name Clitheroe is Anglo-Saxon for rocky hill - overlooking the River Ribble, which passes Clithoe on the northeast. The Castle The castle can be explored for free. On the highest point is the Norman keep, one of the smallest in England. The keep is a ruin, but not in terrible shape. However, there is not much to see inside. No interior floors are surviving besides the stone floor of the basement. The tower is surrounded for much of its perimeter by a lower wall, which is in good repair, and can be accessed for good view of the area. Looking northwest, more-or-less along the main street. And southeast towards Pendle Hill. The castle was extended to the south and southwest, but most of this has now gone. There are buildings there, but they most