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The Pendle Hill Witches: Exploring Lancashire’s Haunted Past Here are the best witchy things to do in Pendle and Lancashire: The Pendle Heritage Centre is a great starting point. This small museum and visitor centre is packed full of history regarding the trials and I really liked that it broke down each significant event day by day. It was fascinating and there was a lot to learn! You’ll also find a small tea room on-site and a wonderful gift shop selling lots of handmade artwork, gifts and books to learn more about the trials. Alice Nutter’s grave is said to be found at St Mary’s Church, Newchurch – but this is highly debated as it was unheard of for convicted witches to be buried in consecrated ground!

Pendle witches - Wikipedia The Fate of Chattox, a piece by ... Palmer, was unveiled in her home village, Roughlee. In August, a world record for the largest group dressed as witches was set by 482 people who walked up Pendle Hill, on which ......

Pendle Witches – Welcome to the Beautiful North As I embarked on the mile-long trek downhill through farm land back to Roughlee (the reverse journey of that which I couldn’t have contemplated earlier in the day) I thought about the festival of Halloween, preparations for which were taking place across the world: fun, entertaining and secular, dressing up as witches and celebrating the dark side. I also thought about those local people who 400 years ago had been sent to the gallows for the mere suggestion of the same. October 23, 2017July 16, 2025Welcome to the Beautiful North4 Comments · Pendle Heritage Centre is in the east Lancashire village of Barrowfotd at the foot of Pendle Hill, a powerful brooding presence dominating the landscape for miles around.

On The Trail of Witches: The Pendle Sculpture Trail – A Place Between The Trees In her native village of Roughlee, a sculpture of Alice Nutter by local artist David Palmer stands at the side of the road near patches of celandine. I like her clothing but I’m not a fan of her skin, which looks somewhat monstrous. Perhaps it’s a nod to the images of green-skinned, ugly witches we’re used to seeing around Halloween?

The Spooky History Of The Pendle Hill Witches 2012 marked 400 years since the Pendle Witch Trials and Lancashire has since been called the “witch country”. A statue of Alice Nutter can be seen in the town to commemorate one of the darkest times in Lancashire’s history.

A Haunting Halloween Hike On Pendle Hill – Requiem For The Extreme After some traipsing around we realise the oldest graves are actually the closest to the church, and soon find the grave of Ellin Nutter said to be a relative of Alice Nutter behind the back porch of the church. This stone is barely legible though we can quite clearly see Ellin Nutters name among others etched into the stone. It’s known as ‘The Witches Grave’ from the skull and crossbones etched further down the stone which is barely legible and the folklore that Alice herself was buried here however as an executed witch this is doubtful, as they would not have allowed her to be buried on consecrated ground.

Halloween Special: Pendle Witch Trials – YOUR LONDON WALKSAfter the hearings, ten of the 19 were found guilty and sentenced to hang: Jane Bulcock, John Bulcock, Alison Device, Elizabeth Device, James Device, Katherine Hewitt, Alice Nutter, Anne Redfearne, Isobel Robey and Anne Whittle.