Local Information

Tourist Information
Clitheroe Tourist Information Office (01200 425111)
Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford (01282 661702)
Burnley Tourist Information Centre (01282 664421)
Blackburn Tourist Information (01254 53277)

Local Sabden Shops
Sabden Post Office/newsagent's/off licence/general store.
Just Store Pendle sells everything from tasty sandwiches and pies to general store produce and is also an off licence.

Churches
St Nicholas C of E Church, Wesley Street
St Mary's RC Church, Whalley Road
There are Baptist and Methodist chapels in the village, with services shared
with other communities.

Local activities
Sabden has an excellent crown green bowling club that welcomes visitors.
There is a children's play ground and football ground in the middle of the
village near to Sabden Brook where youngsters - and parents - can paddle.
We have football and cricket teams, active church-linked social groups, tea dances, and many other village events.

Pubs etc
Sabden village has two pubs: The Pendle Witch on Whalley Road, and the White Hart on Padiham Road, which serves lunches from noon to 4pm and meals on Friday-Sunday from noon to 6pm. Fish and chips are a Friday evening specialty.
The Wellsprings is just over Pendle Hill, towards Clitheroe. It serves Mexican and English food and from Sunday-Thursday has special meal offers.

Dining Out Pubs
Just outside Sabden, towards Simonstone, is the Higher Trapp Country House Hotel (a Best Western) which serves food until 9.30pm.
The Stork public house at Read offers good value pub grub from about 5-7pm daily.
The Swan with Two Necks at Pendleton, over Pendle Hill towards Clitheroe, has a good menu.
Whalley, three miles away, has a number of pubs serving food and two Chinese take-aways.
Clitheroe and the Pendle area have a wealth of pubs with good quality food menus.

Dining Out Restaurants
There are plenty of top quality restaurants, many serving local produce, in and around the Ribble Valley.
Nearest, in the Whalley area,  is the award-winning Three Fishes, Mitton Hall, the Trishna Indian and Garden Village Chinese restaurants.

Banks
Clitheroe is served by  Barclays, HSBC , Nat West, Lloyds TSB and Yorkshire Banks.
Sabden's post office, in the newsagents, has the usual national bank services.

Medical
Sabden Health Centre is in the middle of the village. It is part of Whalley Medical Practice.
There is a big health centre at Clitheroe.
Whalley and Clitheroe have private and NHS dental practices.
Pharmacies are at Whalley, Clitheroe and Padiham.
Opticians are also at Whalley, Clitheroe and Padiham.

Bus and Train
The nearest Railway Station is at Whalley where there is also a Bus Station. There is a bus stop by our farm road entrance, with buses every hour either to Whalley/Clitheroe or to Burnley (and to all points of the compass).

Clitheroe Interchange has train and bus stations next to each other. 

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