The Mellor Millennium Viewpoint, Blackburn.

[Paul]

223 metres above sea level, the moor-top at Mellor, a little north of Blackburn, Lancashire, is the site of the Millennium viewpoint, where on clear days fantastic views can be had of the Yorkshire Dales and West Pennine Moors, the Lake District, Furness, the whole of the Fylde coast, the Isle of Man and Snowdonia, as well as more local features such as the Bowland Fells, Ribble Valley, Pendle Hill, Blackpool Tower. 

The Millennium Disc was erected in 2002 as part of the village’s celebrations.It guides walkers on the moor as to the places they can see from the viewpoint. Buried beneath the stone circle is a time capsule, put together by pupils at St Mary’s School. 

Uniquely this modest hill of 223m, has a defunct Royal Observation Nuclear Blast and Fallout Monitoring Station from the cold war era . The monitoring post was opened in July 1959, and was decommissioned in October 1968. Many local people still believe that this was a nuclear shelter for the use of the  population during times of war.

 

 

Paul.

[Ryewolf]

Excellent video Paul, I know Mellor but didn't know this place existed.

[Paul]

Thanks Geoff. It's up a steep incline just after the esso petrol station, near the Traders Arms pub.

 

Paul.