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Photo of the Forest of Bowland, a National Landscape in England.

Forest of BowlandPhoto Robin Cross / Unsplash

Places to explore near Church & Oswaldtwistle StationChurch

29 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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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.

0.2 km N · spans 5 counties

Photo of the Forest of Bowland, a National Landscape in England.Iconic

Forest of Bowland

National Landscape near Slaidburn

Wild heather moorland and the Trough of Bowland.

7 km N

Photo of Northcote, a restaurant near Langho, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Northcote

Restaurant · With rooms near Langho

Ribble Valley country-house hotel and restaurant on the edge of the Forest of Bowland.

7.5 km NW

Photo of Whalley, a village in Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Whalley

Village

Medieval Ribble Valley village of independent shops, a great railway viaduct and the ruins of Whalley Abbey.

8.2 km N · Lancashire

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.

9.6 km E · spans 6 counties

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Corporation Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Blackburn, Lancashire, north west England.

Corporation Park

House & garden near Blackburn

A grand Victorian park of 1857 with two lakes and a Roman-style triumphal arch.

6.8 km W

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.

7.8 km W

Photo of Whalley Abbey Gatehouse, a ruined abbey in Lancashire, north west England.

Whalley Abbey Gatehouse

Abbey · Cistercian near Whalley

Stone gatehouse of the 1300s that guarded the outer precinct of Whalley's Cistercian abbey, standing beside the village's great railway viaduct.

7.9 km N

Photo of St Mary's Church, Whalley, a church in Lancashire, north west England.

St Mary's Church, Whalley

Church near Whalley

Old parish church beside Whalley Abbey, keeping three carved Anglo-Saxon crosses in its churchyard.

7.9 km N

Photo along the Bronte Way, a 43-mile long-distance path running from Birstall to Padiham, England.

Bronte Way

Long-distance path

Oakwell Hall to Gawthorpe Hall across the Pennine edge — Haworth, Top Withens and the moors behind Wuthering Heights.

8.3 km NE · West Yorkshire & Lancashire

Photo of Gawthorpe Hall, a Grade II registered house & garden near Sabden, Lancashire, north west England.

Gawthorpe Hall

House & garden near Sabden

A Jacobean house of 1600 linked to Robert Smythson, home to a renowned textiles collection.

8.4 km NE

Mrs Dowson's Farm & Ice Cream

Farm & farm shop near Salesbury

Working dairy farm near Bashall making its own ice cream, with animal encounters and a parlour.

9.2 km NW

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.

9.4 km N · Lancashire, North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo of The Millstone, a pub near Mellor, Lancashire, north west England.

The Millstone

Pub near Mellor

Smart coaching inn with rooms in hilltop Mellor, a well-regarded Ribble Valley dining stop.

9.5 km W

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.