Unassuming Lancashire village home to big names in aerospace, beer... and even ghosts
Sometimes the smallest packages can have the most expensive and most interesting gifts wrapped. That is the case for Samlesbury in South Ribble.
READ MORE: Hidden Ribble Valley 'fairy bridge' that's actually easy to find - if you know where to lookView gallery Plans for the original aerodrome dates back to 1922, with its construction accelerated by the Second World War, and the first flight took off in 1940. Just down the classic winding country lane from the brewery is the village's War Memorial Hall.
The hall, which has a huge field and is bordered by enormous trees and the lush South Ribble countryside, is also available to hire for parties and private functions. Then just a few hundred metres from the engineers hard at work building aircrafts, is the magnificent Samlesbury Hall.
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