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Wigan Market

Wigan

(0.3 miles, 0.5 km)

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...

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The Junction public house, Rainford.

Rainford

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction SW)

Rainford is a small village attractively set in open countryside between St. Helen's and Wigan...

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Heron and angler at Eccleston Mere, St Helens, Merseyside.

St Helens

(7.1 miles, 11.5 km, direction SW)

Having transcended the Industrial Revolution and shaken off its old image, St.Helens is rapidly developing into a place of culture and style...

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Church gates

Chorley

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction N)

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

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Bolton Church

Bolton

(9.0 miles, 14.4 km, direction E)

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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Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire

Rufford

(9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction NW)

Noted for its picturesque late-medieval manor house Rufford Old Hall, the village of Rufford occupies a fine setting on the fertile Lancashire Plains...

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Croston, Lancashire

Croston

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction NW)

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John Gilbert Pub, Worsley Brow

Worsley

(10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction E)

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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A picture of Warrington

Warrington

(10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction S)

This town can claim to have something made for Queen Victoria, which was famously rejected by her - this is the pair of Golden Gates made in 1850 for Sandringham House...

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Wayoh Reservoir, Edgworth, Lancashire

Edgworth

(12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction NE)

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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Haigh Hall Country Park

(2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction NE)

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Knights in action at Camelot Theme Park, Charnock Richard

Camelot Theme Park

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction N)

Join Merlin, King Arthur and his brave knights of the Round Table at the Kingdom of Camelot and explore five magical lands filled.....

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A picture of Friends Meeting House

Friends Meeting House

(7.4 miles, 11.8 km, direction SW)

George Shaw of Bickerstaffe first established this handsome stone-built house of 1679 as a place of Quaker worship, since then.....

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Astley Hall, Astley Park, Chorley, Lancashire

Astley Hall

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction N)

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

Smithill's Hall

(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction NE)

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Rufford Old Hall

Rufford Old Hall

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction NW)

Rufford Old Hall was presented to the National Trust in 1936 by Lord Hesketh. The Old Hall is a medieval manor house of splendid.....

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Trees in Mere Sands Wood

Mere Sands Wood

(9.7 miles, 15.7 km, direction NW)

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Grange-over-Sands from Arnside Knott

Arnside and Silverdale AONB

(10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction N)

Arnside and Silverdale is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) situated in the North West of England, on the.....

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Moses Gate Country Park

(10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction E)

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Risley Moss Country Park

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction SE)

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