Recommended Towns & Villages near Water

Accrington (57 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction W)

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...

Padiham (18 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction NW)

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.....

Todmorden (12 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction E)

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

Ramsbottom (11 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction SW)

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

Oswaldtwistle (30 Pictures)

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

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

Edgworth (25 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction SW)

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

Hebden Bridge (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction E)

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...

Hurst Green (207 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction NW)

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

Bolton (39 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (13.1 miles, 21.1 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...

Ribchester (78 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction NW)

A picturesque village in the Ribble Valley..

Waddington (29 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction NW)

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Sowerby Bridge (11 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (13.7 miles, 22.1 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...

Hoghton (12 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction W)

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

Haworth (227 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction NE)

Haworth is famous the world over for its connections with the Bronte sisters, the famous novelists...

Marsden (33 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (15.7 miles, 25.2 km, direction SE)

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...

Halifax (83 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (15.9 miles, 25.7 km, direction E)

Halifax is an industrial city close to the famous Pennines and the route of the Pennine Way in what is known as Yorkshire's "Bronte" country...

Worsley (8 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Greater Manchester (16.3 miles, 26.2 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......

Salford (47 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (16.6 miles, 26.8 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...

Chorley (34 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (16.6 miles, 26.8 km, direction W)

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

Keighley (48 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction NE)

This is an industrial town in West Yorkshire. It lies in a fold between the fine countryside of Airdale and Keighley Moors...

Recommended attractions near Water

Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum (2 Pictures)

(3.5 miles, 5.7 km, direction N)

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Gawthorpe Hall (3 Pictures)

(5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction N)

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

Healey Dell (7 Pictures)

(6.3 miles, 10.2 km, direction S)

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

Darwen Tower (18 Pictures)

(9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction W)

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

Hardcastle Crags & Gibson Mill (6 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction E)

Beautiful wooded valley with 19th-century Gibson Mill at its heart, an exemplar of sustainable energy. This is the flagship.....

East Lancashire Railway (18 Pictures)

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction S)

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Bold Venture Park (30 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction W)

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

Pendle Hill (61 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 16.0 km, direction N)

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Blackburn Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction W)

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Clitheroe Castle (41 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction NW)

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Smithill's Hall (7 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.7 km, direction SW)

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Heaton Hall (4 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.4 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.....

Sawley Abbey (15 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction N)

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Hoghton Tower (12 Pictures)

(13.6 miles, 21.8 km, direction W)

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Samlesbury Hall (2 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction W)

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Marsden Moor Estate (2 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction SE)

Marsden Moor was gifted to the National Trust in 1955 by Captain Sir Joseph Benedict Everard Henry Radcliffe in lieu of death.....

Eureka! Museum for Children (3 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.8 km, direction E)

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Manchester Cathedral (11 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.8 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.....

Chethams Library (2 Pictures)

(16.7 miles, 26.8 km, direction S)

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

Urbis (7 Pictures)

(16.7 miles, 26.8 km, direction S)

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

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