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Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.

Pennine BridlewayPhoto David Roberts / Pexels

Places to explore near Castleton (Manchester) StationCastleton

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

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Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

National Trail

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

5.4 km N · spans 6 counties

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Rochdale Canal, a 32-mile canal running from Manchester to Sowerby Bridge, England.

Rochdale Canal

Canal

The first canal across the Pennines — 91 broad locks between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, reopened whole in 2002.

0.1 km SE · Greater Manchester & West Yorkshire

Photo of Tandle Hill Country Park, a country park near Rochdale, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Tandle Hill Country Park

Country park near Rochdale

A country park in Greater Manchester.

2.4 km SE

Photo of Hollingworth Country Park, a country park near Rochdale, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Hollingworth Country Park

Country park near Rochdale

A country park in Greater Manchester.

6.3 km NE

Photo of Hollingworth Lake, a reservoir near Rochdale, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Hollingworth Lake

Reservoir near Rochdale

Near Littleborough, this canal-feeder reservoir became a Victorian resort, the so-called Weighver's Seaport of the Pennine mill towns.

6.9 km NE

Photo of Alexandra Park, Oldham, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Dobcross, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Alexandra Park, Oldham

House & garden near Dobcross

The first public park in Oldham, built in 1865 to employ idle cotton workers.

8.1 km SE

Photo of Burrs Country Park, a country park near Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Burrs Country Park

Country park near Ramsbottom

A country park in Greater Manchester.

8.2 km W

Photo of Prestwich Country Park, a country park near Worsley, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Prestwich Country Park

Country park near Worsley

A country park in Greater Manchester.

9.5 km SW

Photo of Daisy Nook Country Park, a country park in Greater Manchester, north west England.

Daisy Nook Country Park

Country park near Manchester

A country park in Greater Manchester.

9.8 km S

Everything else within 10 km (5) — 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.