Editing Stonyhurst (section)

==Tourism==
[[Image:River Hodder.jpg|thumb|right|The Estate boundary at the River Hodder]]
The estate is a tourist attraction. Many visitors come to view the grade one listed Stonyhurst College, which is open for tours during the summer.<ref>[http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/otp.shtml Open to the Public] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510075842/http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/otp.shtml |date=2008-05-10 }}</ref> The gardens of the college are also open to visitors and include a small shop in the meteorological station. The area is also criss-crossed with public footpaths, in particular the Tolkien Trail, a walk around some of the areas thought to have inspired [[J. R. R. Tolkien|the author]] during his stay at the college in the late 1940s.<ref>[http://www.enjoyenglandsnorthcountry.com/movies/page.asp?pagekey=16&tcat=16&tid=1 Myths & Legends England: Tolkien's Middle Earth Location, North England Movie Tourism], enjoyenglandsnorthcountry.com</ref>

Public events hosted on the estate include the Great British Food Festival and the Ribble Valley International Piano Week. Other visitors come to make use of the extensive sports facilities, including a golf course, swimming pool and astroturf hockey pitch.