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Photo of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, a 127-mile canal running from Leeds to Liverpool, England.

Leeds & Liverpool Canal© Colin Park / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Hoscar StationHoscar

14 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 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.

0.7 km SE · 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.

4.7 km N

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.

4.9 km NW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

2.8 km NE

Beacon Park

Country park near Wigan

A country park in Lancashire.

4.3 km SE

Moor Hall

Restaurant · With rooms near Aughton

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

9.6 km SW

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.

10 km N · spans 24 counties

Everything else within 10 km (7) — 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.