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Recommended Towns & Villages near Wiswell

Padiham. Burnley Road.

Padiham (18 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (3.7 miles, 5.9 km, direction SE)

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.....

River Hodder

Hurst Green (207 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (3.8 miles, 6.2 km, direction W)

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

Quiet country lane near Waddington.

Waddington (29 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (4.2 miles, 6.7 km, direction N)

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Accrington, Lancashire. From the top of the Coppice

Accrington (57 Pictures)

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

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...

St. Wilfred's Church

Ribchester (78 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction W)

A picturesque village in the Ribble Valley..

Rhyddings Park, Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle (30 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction S)

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

Chipping

Chipping (75 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction NW)

Winner of Britain in Bloom in 2009, and RHS Tourism and Gold achievement awards, Chipping is a charming village located above a fast flowing stream at the edge of the Bowland forest. Its character can be seen in its ancient cobbled streets and lovely 17th century properties...

River Dunsop

Dunsop Bridge (70 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (9.5 miles, 15.2 km, direction NW)

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Slaidburn

Slaidburn (55 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction N)

An eye catching place with a pretty village green and a scattering of stone cottages set in an idyllic spot on the banks of the River Hodder...

Hoghton Tower, Lancashire

Hoghton (12 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction SW)

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

Wayoh Reservoir, Edgworth, Lancs

Edgworth (25 Pictures)

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

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

Overlooking East Lancs railway from St.Catherines Close, Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom (11 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (13.0 miles, 21.0 km, direction S)

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

St Thomas's Church. 1830s. Moor Lane, Preston, Lancashire. UK.

Preston (68 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction W)

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

A picture of Todmorden

Todmorden (12 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (14.4 miles, 23.1 km, direction SE)

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

Chorley Town Hall

Chorley (34 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (15.9 miles, 25.5 km, direction SW)

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 (16.6 miles, 26.7 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...

Six Arches, near the River Wye, Scorton, Lancashire

Scorton (3 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction NW)

The picturesque village of Scorton lies to the west of the Bowland Forest beneath the shadow of Calder Fell, in an area much famed for its sparkling streams, fells and forest glades inhabited by wildlife...

Settle Station

Settle (35 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction N)

A wonderful market town in the Yorkshire Dales. Settle is the starting point for the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway; one of Britain's most spectacular and scenic railways which.....

Skipton

Skipton (171 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (17.9 miles, 28.8 km, direction NE)

Long considered "The Gateway to the Dales" which lye to the north, moors extend southwards, and the tranquil countryside of the Ribble Valley is to the west...

Winter

Haworth (227 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (18.0 miles, 29.0 km, direction E)

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

Recommended attractions near Wiswell

Lazy afternoon

Clitheroe Castle (41 Pictures)

(2.4 miles, 3.9 km, direction N)

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Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill (61 Pictures)

(4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction NE)

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Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham

Gawthorpe Hall (3 Pictures)

(4.3 miles, 6.9 km, direction SE)

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

Sawley Abbey

Sawley Abbey (15 Pictures)

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction N)

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Blackburn Cathedral

Blackburn Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction SW)

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Towneley Hall, Burnley, Lancashire

Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum (2 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction SE)

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Samlesbury Hall

Samlesbury Hall (2 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction SW)

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Darwen Tower at sunset, Darwen, Lancashire.

Darwen Tower (18 Pictures)

(10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction S)

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

Hoghton Tower

Hoghton Tower (12 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction SW)

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Bold venture Park, Darwen, Lancashire.

Bold Venture Park (30 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction S)

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

Forest of Bowland, Lancashire

Forest of Bowland (43 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction N)

This high region of grouse moor and high fells crossed with deep narrow valley's was once a hunting ground of Saxon King's. It.....

Preston Guild Hall

Preston Guildhall (1 Pictures)

(13.6 miles, 21.9 km, direction W)

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Secret Garden Cuerden Hall

Cuerden Valley Country Park (1 Pictures)

(14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction SW)

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The Harris Museum, Preston

Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston (1 Pictures)

(14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction SW)

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

Healey Dell (7 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction SE)

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

Gibson Mill in Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, West Yorks.

Hardcastle Crags & Gibson Mill (6 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction E)

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

Astley Hall, Astley Park, Chorley, Lancashire

Astley Hall (9 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.2 km, direction SW)

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

Smithill's Hall (7 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.8 km, direction S)

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A picture of East Lancashire Railway, Bury - Lancashire.

East Lancashire Railway (18 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.2 km, direction S)

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Garsdale Station on the Settle Carlisle Railway, located high in the Yorksire Dales National Park

Settle Carlisle Railway (9 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.2 km, direction N)

This spectacular train journey could easily be the most scenic train trip in the whole of the UK. The route is part of National.....


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