This years Beer Festival, the fourth since the event was launched in 2009 promises to be the best yet with an extensive range of beers and ciders, great local food and fantastic live music.
Tolkien walked the surrounding countryside and possibly took inspiration for ‘The Lord of The Rings’ from local landmarks, Shire Lane for example in Hurst Green; and was the River Shirebourn named after the Shireburn family who built Stonyhurst? The ferry across the Ribble at Hacking Hall may also have provided the inspiration for Buckleberry ferry? (More links here)
In addition the Ordnance Survey lists neighbouring Dunsop Bridge as the geographical centre of The United Kingdom; fittingly Hurst Green Memorial Hall is now the home of The Middle Earth Beer Festival.
The Middle Earth Beer Festival is supporting North West Air Ambulance .
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The JRR Tolkien connection
Tolkien was a frequent visitor to Stonyhurst College in Hurst Green and wrote chapters
of ‘The Lord of The Rings’ here, he’s listed in the College guest-
