THIS year's Bowland Festival brought an extra £10,000 into the local economy, according to figures estimated by organisers.
More than 2,000 people from across the UK came to enjoy a range of guided walks led by local experts from various organisations and to visit the central festival site at Dunsop Bridge.
This was the Bowland Festival's second year and organisers are hoping to continue to develop the event, making this special festival an annual Bowland-wide celebration.
County Coun Tim Ormrod, Chairman of the Forest of Bowland AONB advisory committee, said: "We are delighted that the second festival has proved to be such a success. This year we are celebrating 40 years of the area being officially recognised as a nationally important landscape.
This year's Bowland Festival was organised by the RSPB's Birds of Bowland Project, Forest of Bowland AONB Partnership, United Utilities plc, Lancashire Rural Futures and Lancashire County Council's Countryside Service, working in partnership for the well being of this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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