Pictures of England

Search:

Historic Towns & Picturesque Villages

Recommended Towns & Villages near Rivington

Chorley Town Hall

Chorley (34 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (3.3 miles, 5.4 km, direction NW)

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

Wigan Parish Church

Wigan (52 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (6.1 miles, 9.8 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...

Bolton Town Hall seen through cherry blossom, Spring 2003.

Bolton (39 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (6.7 miles, 10.7 km, direction SE)

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...

Holy Trinity Church, Hoghton, Lancashire

Hoghton (12 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction N)

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

Wayoh Reservoir, Edgworth, Lancashire

Edgworth (25 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction E)

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

Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire

Rufford (6 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction W)

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

Overlooking East Lancs railway from St.Catherines Close, Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom (11 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction E)

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

Rhyddings Park, Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle (30 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction NE)

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

John Gilbert Pub, Worsley Brow

Worsley (8 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Greater Manchester (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction SE)

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......

Sunset over Preston Dock-9 June 2004

Preston (68 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction NW)

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

Accrington, Lancashire. From the top of the Coppice

Accrington (57 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction NE)

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...

Snowy field, Rainford

Rainford (17 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (12.3 miles, 19.9 km, direction SW)

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

Ribchester Church, Lancashire

Ribchester (78 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (13.2 miles, 21.3 km, direction N)

A picturesque village in the Ribble Valley..

Park in snow

St Helens (86 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (13.5 miles, 21.7 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...

Salford Docks

Salford (47 Pictures)

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

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...

River Hodder

Hurst Green (207 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction N)

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

Padiham. Burnley Road.

Padiham (18 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction NE)

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.....

A picture of Warrington

Warrington (109 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (16.2 miles, 26.1 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...

Ho Ho Ho!

Manchester (227 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Greater Manchester (16.6 miles, 26.6 km, direction SE)

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

Lymm Dam.

Lymm (19 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Cheshire (17.1 miles, 27.6 km, direction S)

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.....

Recommended attractions near Rivington

Astley Hall, Astley Park, Chorley, Lancashire

Astley Hall (9 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction NW)

..

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

Smithill's Hall (7 Pictures)

(4.6 miles, 7.3 km, direction E)

..

Knights in action at Camelot Theme Park, Charnock Richard

Camelot Theme Park (4 Pictures)

(5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction W)

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

Bold venture Park, Darwen, Lancashire.

Bold Venture Park (30 Pictures)

(6.1 miles, 9.7 km, direction NE)

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

Darwen Tower at sunset, Darwen, Lancashire.

Darwen Tower (18 Pictures)

(6.4 miles, 10.3 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.....

Secret Garden Cuerden Hall

Cuerden Valley Country Park (1 Pictures)

(6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction NW)

..

Hoghton Tower

Hoghton Tower (12 Pictures)

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction N)

..

Blackburn Cathedral

Blackburn Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction N)

..

Rufford Old Hall

Rufford Old Hall (20 Pictures)

(10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction W)

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

Samlesbury Hall

Samlesbury Hall (2 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction N)

..

The Harris Museum, Preston

Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston (1 Pictures)

(10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction NW)

..

Preston Guild Hall

Preston Guildhall (1 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction NW)

..

A picture of East Lancashire Railway, Bury - Lancashire.

East Lancashire Railway (18 Pictures)

(11.3 miles, 18.1 km, direction E)

..

Pink flamingo, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Martin Mere, Burscough, Lancashire

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Martin Mere (52 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction W)

..

A picture of Friends Meeting House

Friends Meeting House (2 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction SW)

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

Heaton Hall

Heaton Hall (4 Pictures)

(14.4 miles, 23.2 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.....

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

Healey Dell (7 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction E)

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

Imperial War Museum North. Salford

Imperial War Museum North (1 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction SE)

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

A picture of Chethams Library

Chethams Library (2 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.4 km, direction SE)

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

Manchester Opera House

Opera House (1 Pictures)

(16.5 miles, 26.5 km, direction SE)

Concert Venue...


All attractions in Rivington
All attractions in Lancashire