and The Tillotson's Arms is situated on Talbot Street. The Talbot Arms, also on Talbot Street, is currently closed for refurbishment. The Sun is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of scullery maid Lizzie Dean, who hung herself in the attic of the pub on 5 November 1835. She is buried at the entrance to the churchyard. Also in the locality is the Gibbon Bridge Hotel. The village's environmentally friendly public toilets have won the best in Lancashire award at the county's Best Kept Village competition every year since a renovation in 2009. Geography Just to the north of the village the Forest of Bowland access areas of Clougha, Fair Snape, Wolf Fell and Saddle Fell have been opened up to the public by access agreements negotiated between Lancashire County Council and the owners. This means that over of open country are now open to walkers. Transport Bus routes operated by Holmeswood Coaches connect Chipping to Blackburn, Clitheroe and Longridge. A route operated by Stagecoach in Lancashire connected Chipping to Preston but since 2012 no longer serves Chipping as a result of a Lancashire County Council review of subsidised bus services. Chipping in fiction The Wardstone Chronicles, written by Joseph Delaney, frequently features the village of Chipenden, which is based on the village of Chipping. See also Listed buildings in Chipping, Lancashire Toponymy of England List of generic forms in British place names References External links Victoria County History – The parish of Chipping British History Online St. Mary's R.C Primary School Brabin's Endowed School, Chipping Chipping Agricultural Show Chipping Steam Fair Chipping and Downham – Feasibility Study into the potential for zero carbon villages Bowland Forest Gliding Club Chipping Local History Society Kirk Mill and former chairworks Chipping Conservation Area Appraisal Villages in Lancashire Civil parishes in Lancashire Geography of Ribble Valley Aviation in Lancashire Forest of Bowland