‘At breaking point’: anger brewing in Lancashire village over booze tourism

Whalley residents say drunken crowds and antisocial behaviour at weekends is making life unbearableWhalley, in Lancashire’s verdant Ribble Valley, is famed for its 14th-century Cistercian abbey and historic churches, as well as the spectacular views from Whalley Nab, the wooded hill that overlooks this seeming picture-postcard idyll.But while the village still draws in family day-trippers and history buffs, it is also attracting an altogether different type of tourist, after earning perhaps an unlikely reputation as Lancashire’s premier drinking destination. Continue reading...

Jun 22, 2024 - 13:30
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‘At breaking point’: anger brewing in Lancashire village over booze tourism

Whalley residents say drunken crowds and antisocial behaviour at weekends is making life unbearable

Whalley, in Lancashire’s verdant Ribble Valley, is famed for its 14th-century Cistercian abbey and historic churches, as well as the spectacular views from Whalley Nab, the wooded hill that overlooks this seeming picture-postcard idyll.

But while the village still draws in family day-trippers and history buffs, it is also attracting an altogether different type of tourist, after earning perhaps an unlikely reputation as Lancashire’s premier drinking destination. Continue reading...

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