Approaching Jubilee Tower from the Trough of Bowland in the south, the tower which stands proud on top of the Bowland Fells, was erected by James Harrison of Hare Appletree in commemoration of the Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

South View

James Harrison was a wealthy Liverpool shipbuilder and to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria he commissioned a local mason to build a folly view tower.

East View

The local mason was called Gifford and he had also worked on nearby Quernmore church and chapel.

North West View

For almost a century the tower remained in private hands, but in 1973 it was donated by a Mr Adam Leigh also of Hare Appletree to Lancashire County Council.

West View

The council set about building a large car park across from it, and in the course of doing so the enigmatic Quernmore Dark Age burial was discovered. The remains of the burial can be viewed today in Lancaster City Museum.

The photograph above clearly shows the fifteen steps and hand rail leading up to the look out area at the top of the tower.

From the top of the tower there are magnificent views of the Bowland Fells, Lancaster and Morecambe Bay.

Bowland Fells & Ward’s Stone

Lancaster & Morecambe Bay

(Photographed Monday 11th November 2024)