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Overlooking Paper Mill in Ramsbottom from St.Catherines Way.

Ramsbottom

(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction N)

The countryside surrounding the town offers lakes, woods and hills, with distant Winter Hill rising to a height of 456 feet...

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Wayoh Reservoir, Edgworth, Lancashire

Edgworth

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction NW)

This attractive hillside village occupies a pleasant rural location close to two pretty reservoirs and the historic house known as Turton Tower...

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Bolton Church

Bolton

(5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction W)

The clogs and black smoke image of Bolton has long since gone, in its place is a fine city with beautiful buildings and a diverse range of attractions sufficient to satisfy the most demanding tourist...

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John Gilbert Pub, Worsley Brow

Worsley

(7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction SW)

Just 20 minutes car journey away from the center of Manchester is the historic town of Worsley, which is best known for its scenic walks along the historic Bridgewater canal......

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Salford, Manchester

Salford

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction S)

The City of Salford lies at the heart of the Metropolis known as Greater Manchester in an area where cotton was once king and its mill workers were portrayed for posterity by acclaimed 20th-century artist L.S.Lowry...

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Manchester Civil Court

Manchester

(8.2 miles, 13.1 km, direction S)

A thriving truly cosmopolitan city with a great mixture of new and old. The capital of the north..

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This is St Stephens Church, which is in Audenshaw.

Audenshaw

(11.0 miles, 17.6 km, direction SE)

Audenshaw is a suburb of Greater Manchester. It is probably best known for its reservoirs and the busy waters of the Ashton canal, beside which visitors can see clusters of delightful canal-side properties...

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Rhyddings Park, Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction NW)

This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington...

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Town Hall

Accrington

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction N)

Some of the town's loveliest architecture comes from the Victorian era, this can be seen in the elegant Victorian Market Hall with its clock and rich display of sculpture...

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A picture of Todmorden

Todmorden

(11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction NE)

Todmorden lies on the historic border between Yorkshire and Lancashire in an area of the Calder Valley ringed by the hills of the Pennines...

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Gelderwood Country Park

(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction NE)

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Moses Gate Country Park

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction SW)

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Heaton Hall

Heaton Hall

(4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction SE)

This divine house is a masterpiece of James Wyatt, one of the greatest architects to come out of the 18th century. It was built.....

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Jumbles Reservoir Country Park

(4.7 miles, 7.5 km, direction NW)

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One of several waterfalls at Healey Dell, Whitworth, near Rochdale, Lancs.

Healey Dell

(5.4 miles, 8.6 km, direction NE)

Healey Dell Nature Reserve on the Whitworth - Rochdale border, sits in a picturesque part of the Spodden Valley. Rich with flora.....

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A section of the waterfall, taken in the grounds of Smithill's Hall, Bolton, Greater Manchester.

Smithill's Hall

(6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction W)

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Museum of Transport

(6.9 miles, 11.0 km, direction S)

The Museum of Transport, Manchester has one of the largest collections of its kind in the country. The Collection consists of.....

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Jewish Museum

(7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction S)

Manchester Jewish Museum tells the story of the Jewish community in Manchester over the last 200 years. Through photographs,.....

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M.E.N Arena

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction S)

Concert Venue...

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A picture of Chethams Library

Chethams Library

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction S)

Chetham's Library was founded in 1653 and is the oldest public library in the English-speaking world...

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