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Photo of Lymm Dam, a Lake in Cheshire, north west England.

Lymm Dam© Ian Greig / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Birchwood StationBirchwood

24 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 Lymm Dam, a Lake in Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

Lymm Dam

Lake near Lymm

Wooded reservoir on the edge of Lymm village, a peaceful circular walk of water, dingle and gorge.

5.1 km SE

Photo of Dunham Massey, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Rostherne, Greater Manchester, north west England.Highlight

Dunham Massey

House & garden near Rostherne

An early-Georgian mansion with one of Britain's largest winter gardens and a deer park.

9.7 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Manchester Ship Canal, a 36-mile canal running from Eastham to Manchester, north west England.

Manchester Ship Canal

Canal

The Victorian seaway that made inland Manchester a port, taking ocean-going ships 36 miles up from the Mersey estuary.

2.8 km S · Cheshire, Greater Manchester & Merseyside

Photo of the Bridgewater Canal, a 39-mile canal running from Runcorn to Leigh, north west England.

Bridgewater Canal

Canal

The Duke's canal of 1761 that began the Canal Age, crossing the Mersey flats between Manchester, Runcorn and Leigh.

3.7 km S · Greater Manchester & Cheshire

Photo of St Werburgh's Church, a church near Warburton, Greater Manchester, north west England.

St Werburgh's Church

Church near Warburton

Old timber-and-brick church at Warburton, on the site of a 12th-century priory of Norbertine canons.

4.8 km E

Photo of Lymm, a village in Cheshire, north west England.

Lymm

Village

Village straddling the Bridgewater Canal, with a sandstone cross, wooded dingle and the reedy expanse of Lymm Dam.

5.9 km SE · Cheshire

Photo of Pennington Flash Country Park, a country park near Wigan, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Pennington Flash Country Park

Country park near Wigan

A country park in Greater Manchester.

7.7 km N

Photo of The Swan with Two Nicks, a pub near Little Bollington, Cheshire, north west England.

The Swan with Two Nicks

Pub near Little Bollington

Beamed country pub at Little Bollington near Dunham Massey and the Bridgewater Canal, serving since at least 1745.

8.6 km SE

Sankey Valley Park

Country park near Warrington

A country park in Merseyside.

9.5 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (15) — 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.