Worden Folly Ruins

The folly on the Shaw Brook at Worden Park is constructed in the form of ruined arches with odd features including a stone “gargoyle” water spout, placed at a strange angle and a few smaller carvings.

Interestingly on the C1850 map a surrounding area of woodland is named “Ruins Wood”, although this could refer to the folly there is an urban legend that an old ecclesiastical may have once lain ruined in the woods. Although the stonework could have come from a nearby St. Andrews church in Leyland soon after the turn of the 19th Century.

Local History

Historic monuments near Worden Folly Ruins

Castle Hill motte – 8.50 km away
Moated site of Clayton Hall, adjacent fishponds and channels – 2.91 km away
Bretters Farm moated site and two fishponds – 7.97 km away
Boar’s Den bowl barrow – 9.71 km away
Croston Town Bridge – 5.42 km away
Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels – 3.51 km away
Ingrave Farm moated site, moated site 100m W of Ingrave Farm and connecting channel, Eccleston – 3.57 km away
Roman settlement and industrial area at Winery Lane – 7.53 km away
Penwortham Old Bridge – 7.64 km away