A stone inscription from the building reads:Richard Cleburn this they me calledIn which my time hath built this HallA.D.

Cliburn Mill Bridge lies to the east at the confluence of the Leith and the River Lyvennet on the road to Bolton.

Both are made of local red sandstone and were built after 1822, when a powerful flood destroyed the earlier bridges.

[17] Whinfell Forest is a large wood sited to the north-west of the village and is the location of a Centre Parcs UK holiday park.

[18] After closure in 1956, the station house became a private residence; the signal box also survives and has been restored as a holiday cottage.