Scorton, Lancashire


Scorton is a small village near the River Wyre, in the Wyre district of Lancashire, England. It is located north of Garstang. The name means "farmstead near a ditch or ravine."

Background

In the 19th century there was a cotton mill in the village and the village had a railway station on the West Coast Main Line from 1841 until 1939. The village has three churches, a primary school, village hall, the Priory Hotel, Daisy Clough Nurseries and Wyresdale Park, and is home to The Barn garden centre, gift shop, cafe and restaurant. The annual Scorton Steam show takes place on Fathers' Day weekend in June each year and the Lancashire Game and Country Festival which takes place at the same purpose-built showground.
The hills around include the much walked Nicky Nook on the edge of the Forest of Bowland area.
Scorton is home to the popular Bikes and Barrows Festival, which started in 2011. This event takes place each May Day bank holiday weekend.

Buildings

, built 1878–79, one of three churches in the village, has a special family grave set up for the Farnworth and Metcalfe family, by James Metcalfe in the late 1950s.
Wyresdale Hall, built 1856–58, is one mile north-east and was built for the Ormerod family of Bolton.
Scorton Village Hall, built 1926, gifted by the Ormerod family to the people of the village.

Hall

, a grade II listed country house and estate with licensed wedding barns, fishing lake and host to the Apple Store Cafe is located near the village.

People