Places to explore near Cressington StationCressington

The ordinary Liverpool semi where John Lennon grew up, kept as it was when his Aunt Mimi ran the house

2.9 km NE

Liverpool's largest Victorian park, laid out in 1872 by a French designer.

3.2 km NW

Half-timbered Tudor manor with knot garden.

3.5 km SE

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

5.7 km NW · spans 5 counties

Garden village built by soap magnate William Lever for his workers, 800 Arts-and-Crafts houses around greens and the Lady Lever Art Gallery.

5.7 km W · Merseyside

Grand gallery at the heart of Port Sunlight, built by Lord Leverhulme for his collection of Pre-Raphaelites, Wedgwood and fine furniture.

5.8 km W

Giles Gilbert Scott's red sandstone giant, built between 1904 and 1978 and the largest cathedral in Britain.

5.9 km NW

Frederick Gibberd's round 1960s Catholic cathedral, known locally as Paddy's Wigwam, lit by a lantern tower of coloured glass.

6.3 km NW

A country park in Cheshire.

8.4 km SW

The world's first publicly funded park, by Joseph Paxton, inspiration for Central Park.

9.7 km NW

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

4.1 km SW · Cheshire, Greater Manchester & Merseyside

One of Joseph Paxton's first parks, laid out in 1842 with a serpentine lake.

4.2 km NW

A country park in Merseyside.

4.2 km SW

A botanic garden that moved here in 1836 with Liverpool's original plants and trees.

5.6 km N

A National Trust place in Merseyside.

6.1 km NW

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

7.6 km NW · spans 24 counties