Bank Hall stands by the River Douglas in the west Lancashire village of Bretherton, 9 miles from Preston, 25 from Liverpool. Tarleton, Croston and Hoole are it's neighbours. From Tarleton the hall is reached via Bank Bridge which carries the A59 over the Douglas and the Leeds-Liverpool Canal.
Immediately you cross the busy bridge you will see the lodge and it's gates nestling beneath the huge beech tree. Coming from Hoole, also on the A59, your imminent approach will take you past Carr House, a fine Elizabethan farmhouse, and the 18th century windmill. From Bretherton the route is altogether more tranquil, along a country lane dotted with only a handful of houses and along a Carriage Drive, a splendid tree lined avenue some 800 yards long. Whichever way we approach the hall we pass through the cloak of trees which hides it away from the outside world.