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Recommended Towns & Villages near Ramsbottom

Wayoh Reservoir, Edgworth, Lancashire

Edgworth (25 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (3.1 miles, 4.9 km, direction W)

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

Bolton Town Hall seen through cherry blossom, Spring 2003.

Bolton (39 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction SW)

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...

Rhyddings Park, Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle (30 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction NW)

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

Town Hall

Accrington (57 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.6 miles, 12.2 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...

John Gilbert Pub, Worsley Brow

Worsley (8 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Greater Manchester (10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction S)

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......

A picture of Todmorden

Todmorden (12 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (10.2 miles, 16.5 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...

Padiham, Lancashire

Padiham (18 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction N)

Padiham is a thriving Lancashire town lying on the Calder River. It is most famous as the home of Gawthorpe Hall, a noted country estate built early in the 17th-century for the.....

The Police Station, Salford Crescent, Salford, Lancashire

Salford (47 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (11.1 miles, 17.9 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...

Hoghton Tower, Lancashire

Hoghton (12 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction NW)

It was here that James I created "Sirloin" when he supposedly knighted his beef!..

Albert Square, Manchester

Manchester (227 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Greater Manchester (12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction S)

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

Astley Hall, Chorley

Chorley (34 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction W)

The town's historic roots go back beyond the Bronze-Age, as evidenced by findings in the 20th century...

Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire seen from the road to Heptonstall

Hebden Bridge (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction NE)

This beautiful old town grew up close to the River Hebden at the point where a stone bridge was built as part of a pack-horse route in the 16th century...

Daffodils

Ribchester (78 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (14.4 miles, 23.1 km, direction NW)

A picturesque village in the Ribble Valley..

This is St Stephens Church, which is in Audenshaw.

Audenshaw (2 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (14.5 miles, 23.4 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...

Daffodils

Hurst Green (207 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (14.6 miles, 23.4 km, direction NW)

This pretty Lancastrian villages the setting for historic Stoneyhurst, a noted school which was founded in the 16th-century...

Wigan Market

Wigan (52 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (14.9 miles, 23.9 km, direction SW)

Wigan is a sociable town with a long history, it received it's Royal charter in the middle of the 13th-century, but prior to that the Roman's had built a settlement here...

Reddish Vale Viaduct, Reddish near Stockport

Reddish (37 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (15.7 miles, 25.3 km, direction SE)

This is a densely populated area of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It is fortunate to be close to the edge of Cheshire, thus residents have the benefit of being within easy reach of some attractive countryside...

Peel Street, Marsden, West Yorkshire

Marsden (33 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (16.4 miles, 26.4 km, direction E)

Marsden offers visitors a wealth of heritage, particularly in association with the town's expansion which came about during the heady days of the Industrial Revolution...

Church and Coronation Gardens, Waddington, Lancashire

Waddington (29 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (17.2 miles, 27.6 km, direction N)

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Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival Weekend

Sowerby Bridge (11 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction E)

Surrounded by the dramatic scenery of the South Pennines, with the town's gentle scenery being enhanced by the River Calder and the River Ryburn on which the town stands...

Recommended attractions near Ramsbottom

A picture of East Lancashire Railway, Bury - Lancashire.

East Lancashire Railway (18 Pictures)

(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction S)

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

Healey Dell (7 Pictures)

(5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction E)

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

Darwen Tower at sunset, Darwen, Lancashire.

Darwen Tower (18 Pictures)

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction NW)

An observation tower circa 1897Standing at 86ft high, apparently you can sometimes see the Welsh Hills from it on a very clear.....

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

Smithill's Hall (7 Pictures)

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction SW)

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Bold venture Park, Darwen, Lancashire.

Bold Venture Park (30 Pictures)

(7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction NW)

The name of this spacious green park situated at Darwen in Lancashire epitomises the endeavour of the local borough engineer who.....

Heaton Hall

Heaton Hall (4 Pictures)

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction S)

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

Blackburn Cathedral

Blackburn Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction NW)

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Towneley Hall, Burnley, Lancashire

Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum (2 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction NE)

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Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham

Gawthorpe Hall (3 Pictures)

(10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction N)

Gawthorpe Hall, home of the Shuttleworth family for several centuries lies close to the traditional Lancastrian market town of.....

Manchester Cathedral

Manchester Cathedral (11 Pictures)

(11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction S)

Manchester's fine 15th-century church of St.Mary was raised to cathedral status in 1848. It is a magnificent example of.....

A picture of Chethams Library

Chethams Library (2 Pictures)

(11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction S)

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

The Urbis, Manchester - Dec. 2005

Urbis (7 Pictures)

(11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction S)

Urbis is Manchester’s Centre for Urban Culture and explores Urban culture in the cities of today and tomorrow through four.....

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

Royal Exchange Theatre (1 Pictures)

(11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction S)

Manchester's leading producing theatre company, based in the historic splendour of the Victorian cotton exchange building...

Hoghton Tower

Hoghton Tower (12 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.4 km, direction NW)

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Manchester Opera House

Opera House (1 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction S)

Concert Venue...

Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester

Museum of Science & Industry (8 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction S)

Situated in the oldest passenger railway buildings in the world, the Museum tells the story of the history, science and industry.....

Manchester Cities Art Galleries

Manchester Art Gallery (1 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction S)

Manchester Art Gallery houses one of the UK's finest art collections in spectacular surroundings. The Gallery has recently.....

The Library Theatre, Manchester

Library Theatre Company (1 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction S)

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Manchester Velodrome

Manchester Velodrome (3 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction SE)

Manchester Velodrome Britains primary indoor Olympic cycle track and widely regarded as one of the world's finest and fastest.....

Imperial War Museum North. Salford

Imperial War Museum North (1 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction S)

Opened at The Quays in Trafford Park, Manchester in July 2002 and created to give northern audiences access to the national.....


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