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Photo of Samlesbury Hall, a house in Lancashire, north west England.

Samlesbury Hall© Greum / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Bamber Bridge StationBamber Bridge

19 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, a 127-mile canal running from Leeds to Liverpool, England.Highlight

Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Canal

The longest single canal in Britain, crossing the Pennines by Bingley's Five Rise Locks and the moors above Burnley.

5.1 km SE · spans 5 counties

Photo of Hoghton Tower, a Grade II registered house & garden near Mellor, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Hoghton Tower

House & garden near Mellor

A Grade II-listed historic park and garden in Lancashire.

5.7 km E

Photo of Samlesbury Hall, a house in Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Samlesbury Hall

House near Samlesbury

Black-and-white timbered manor of 1325 near Preston, reputedly haunted, with craft shops and a bee centre.

7.5 km NE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Cuerden Valley Park

Country park near Preston

A country park in Lancashire.

0.8 km S

Photo along the Ribble Way, a 70-mile long-distance path running from Longton to Ribblehead, England.

Ribble Way

Long-distance path

Sea to source up the Ribble valley, from the marshes at Longton to the high fell country above Ribblehead.

2.5 km N · Lancashire, North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Avenham Park

House & garden near Preston

A Victorian park by Edward Milner, dropping in terraces to the River Ribble.

3.9 km NW

Miller Park

House & garden near Preston

An 1864 riverside park dug by mill workers during the Lancashire Cotton Famine.

4.1 km NW

Moor Park (Lancashire)

House & garden near Preston

One of the country's first municipal parks, with a 1927 eclipse observatory.

5.7 km NW

Photo of the Lancaster Canal, a 41-mile canal running from Preston to Tewitfield, north west England.

Lancaster Canal

Canal

The lock-free coastal canal of the north-west, 41 miles on one level from Preston to Tewitfield with the sea often in view.

5.9 km NW · Lancashire & Cumbria

Photo of Huntley's Country Stores, a farm & farm shop near Samlesbury, Lancashire, north west England.

Huntley's Country Stores

Farm & farm shop near Samlesbury

Big Samlesbury food hall with an in-house bakery, butcher, fishmonger, deli and forty ice-cream flavours.

7.2 km NE

Yarrow Valley Country Park

Country park near Rivington

A country park in Lancashire.

7.4 km S

Photo of Witton Country Park, a country park near Blackburn, Lancashire, north west England.

Witton Country Park

Country park near Blackburn

A country park in Lancashire.

8.5 km E

Everything else within 10 km (7) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.