Whether you are interested in the history or the architecture or just looking for a picnic site with an unusual backdrop Sawley Abbey is well worth a visit. The site is directly alongside the River Ribble and sits just inside the Forst of Bowland “area of outstanding natural beauty.” It is the ruin of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery established by monks from northeast England and has a history of conflict and bloodshed After its formation, the monastery got by for many years, thanks in no small part to donations by its benefactors, the…
