Recommended Towns & Villages near Wigan

Rainford (17 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction SW)

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

St Helens (86 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (7.4 miles, 11.9 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...

Chorley (34 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.5 miles, 12.0 km, direction N)

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

Bolton (39 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (8.7 miles, 13.9 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...

Rufford (6 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (9.6 miles, 15.4 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...

Worsley (8 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Greater Manchester (10.5 miles, 16.9 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......

Warrington (109 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (10.9 miles, 17.5 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...

Edgworth (25 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (12.2 miles, 19.6 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...

Hoghton (12 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction N)

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

Lymm (19 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cheshire (13.1 miles, 21.0 km, direction SE)

The picturesque village of Lymm is situated in the the county of Cheshire, England, and was mentioned in the Doomsday book of 1086. It's name is of Celtic origins and means "Place.....

Lydiate (3 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (13.1 miles, 21.0 km, direction W)

This attractive village was mentioned in the Doomsday Book. It is perhaps best known for the evocative ruins of St. Catherine's Church...

Aintree (1 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction W)

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Widnes (37 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction S)

There is much that is Victorian about Widnes, this can be seen in the splendid public library building and the park named after a great Queen and Empress...

Salford (47 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (14.5 miles, 23.4 km, direction E)

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...

Ramsbottom (11 Pictures)

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

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

Preston (68 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction N)

This is the town that was at the centre of the cotton spinning industry for well over a hundred and fifty years. ..

Altrincham (16 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Greater Manchester (16.0 miles, 25.7 km, direction SE)

First developed as a quiet hamlet on the edge of the sweeping Cheshire Plain, where life went quietly on...

Oswaldtwistle (30 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction NE)

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

Manchester (227 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Greater Manchester (16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction E)

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

Crosby (31 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (17.2 miles, 27.6 km, direction W)

Modern day Crosby straddles the Irish Sea, it is a mainly residential area with a coastline of sands - including the Blundell Sands, thus named for the Blundell family...

Recommended attractions near Wigan

Camelot Theme Park (4 Pictures)

(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.....

Friends Meeting House (2 Pictures)

(7.6 miles, 12.3 km, direction SW)

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

Astley Hall (9 Pictures)

(8.1 miles, 13.1 km, direction N)

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Smithill's Hall (7 Pictures)

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction NE)

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Rufford Old Hall (20 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.5 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.....

Knowsley Hall & Safari Park (3 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SW)

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Cuerden Valley Country Park (1 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction N)

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Bold Venture Park (30 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction NE)

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

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Martin Mere (52 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction NW)

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Darwen Tower (18 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction NE)

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

Croxteth Hall (9 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction SW)

This magnificent Hall was once the home of the Molyneux family, Earls of Sefton, who were second in importance to the Earls of.....

Walton Hall & Gardens (8 Pictures)

(12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction S)

Walton Hall Gardens was originally part of a much larger country estate purchased in 1812 by the Greenall family, famous for.....

Hoghton Tower (12 Pictures)

(13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction N)

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Norton Priory Museum & Gardens (6 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.8 km, direction S)

Runcorn is almost entirely encircled by two canals, the Bridgewater Canal built during the middle of the 18th century and the.....

East Lancashire Railway (18 Pictures)

(14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction E)

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Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston (1 Pictures)

(14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction N)

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Halton Castle (3 Pictures)

(14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction S)

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Dunham Massey (36 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction SE)

This handsome 18th century red brick house was built around an Elizabethan moated manor house, built by the first George Booth. .....

Imperial War Museum North (1 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction E)

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

Blackburn Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction NE)

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