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Photo of Mendips, a house & garden near Liverpool, Merseyside, north west England.

Mendips© Phil Nash / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Hough Green StationHough Green

19 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 Mendips, a house & garden near Liverpool, Merseyside, north west England.Highlight

Mendips

House & garden near Liverpool

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

7.1 km W

Photo of Speke Hall, a house & garden near Elton, Merseyside, north west England.Highlight

Speke Hall

House & garden near Elton

Half-timbered Tudor manor with knot garden.

7.5 km SW

Photo: Mersey View, Frodsham Hill, a viewpoint in Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

Mersey View, Frodsham Hill

Viewpoint near Frodsham

Wooded sandstone hilltop above Frodsham looking out over the Mersey estuary, Liverpool and the Cheshire plain.

9.7 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Pex Hill Country Park, a country park near Warrington, Merseyside, north west England.

Pex Hill Country Park

Country park near Warrington

A country park in Merseyside.

2.5 km NE

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.

3.7 km SE · Cheshire, Greater Manchester & Merseyside

Photo of Stadt Moers Country Park, a country park near Whiston, Merseyside, north west England.

Stadt Moers Country Park

Country park near Whiston

A country park in Merseyside.

4.3 km NW

Photo of the River Weaver, a 20-mile river navigation running from Winsford to Weston Point, north west England.

River Weaver

River navigation

Cheshire's salt river, canalised for the chemical trade and joined to the canal network by the Anderton Boat Lift.

5.5 km S · Cheshire

Norton Priory

Abbey · Priory near Frodsham

Augustinian Abbey known as Norton Priory

7.2 km SE

Photo along the Sandstone Trail, a 34-mile long-distance path running from Frodsham to Whitchurch, England.

Sandstone Trail

Long-distance path

Cheshire's best-known walk, running the wooded sandstone ridge from Frodsham to Whitchurch above the plain.

9.1 km S · Cheshire & Shropshire

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

Frodsham

Village

Small town below its wooded hill, where Mersey View looks out over the estuary and the Cheshire plain.

9.2 km S · Cheshire

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.

9.3 km SE · Greater Manchester & Cheshire

Photo of Croxteth Hall Country Park, a country park near Liverpool, Merseyside, north west England.

Croxteth Hall Country Park

Country park near Liverpool

A country park in Merseyside.

9.9 km NW

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.