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Photo of Martin Mere, Burscough, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near New Lane, Lancashire, north west England.

Martin Mere, Burscough© Francis C. Franklin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Places to explore near Bescar Lane StationBescar Lane

17 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 Martin Mere, Burscough, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near New Lane, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Martin Mere, Burscough

SSSI near New Lane

Wetland centre with wintering swans and geese.

1.7 km E

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.

2.6 km S · spans 5 counties

Photo of Rufford Old Hall, a house & garden in Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Rufford Old Hall

House & garden near Rufford

Tudor timbered hall with a great hammerbeam hall.

7.1 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Hesketh Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Lytham, Merseyside, north west England.

Hesketh Park

House & garden near Lytham

An 1868 Edward Kemp park with a Victorian observatory still standing on its mound.

6 km NW

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

6.4 km N · spans 24 counties

Moor Hall

Restaurant · With rooms near Aughton

Mark Birchall's restaurant with rooms in a restored Lancashire manor with lake and gardens.

8.8 km S

Photo of The Eagle & Child, a pub near Bispham Green, Lancashire, north west England.

The Eagle & Child

Pub near Bispham Green

Country dining pub with its own farm shop and wildflower meadow at Bispham Green.

9.3 km E

Everything else within 10 km (10) — 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.