Photo of Lymm Dam, a Lake in Cheshire, north west England.

Lymm Dam© Ian Greig / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Padgate StationPadgate

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

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Lymm Dam

Lake near Lymm

Wooded reservoir on the edge of Lymm village, a peaceful circular walk of water, dingle and gorge.

6.1 km SE

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Manchester Ship Canal

Canal

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

2.8 km S · Cheshire, Greater Manchester & Merseyside

Bridgewater Canal

Canal

The Duke's canal of 1761 that began the Canal Age, crossing the Mersey flats between Manchester, Runcorn and Leigh.

3.6 km S · Greater Manchester & Cheshire

St Werburgh's Church

Church near Warburton

Old timber-and-brick church at Warburton, on the site of a 12th-century priory of Norbertine canons.

6.8 km E

Lymm

Village

Village straddling the Bridgewater Canal, with a sandstone cross, wooded dingle and the reedy expanse of Lymm Dam.

7.2 km SE · Cheshire

Sankey Valley Park

Country park near Warrington

A country park in Merseyside.

8.1 km NW

Pennington Flash Country Park

Country park near Wigan

A country park in Greater Manchester.

8.4 km N

Everything else within 10 km (13) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Woolston EyesSSSIaccess unclear1.3 km SE
Risley, Holcroft and Chat MossNational Nature Reserve3.5 km E
Risley MossSSSI3.5 km E
Battle of WinwickBattlefield4.7 km NW
Rixton Clay PitsSSSIaccess unclear5.2 km E
Highfield MossSSSI5.6 km N
Appleton ParkCounty topaccess unclear6 km S
Holcroft MossSSSI6 km NE
Roman road, Appleton to StrettonRoman archaeological siteaccess unclear6.6 km S
Castle Hill motte (Merseyside)Castleaccess unclear7.1 km NW
The Flashes of Wigan and LeighNational Nature Reserve8.4 km N
Astley & Bedford MossesSSSI9.1 km NE
Abram FlashesSSSI9.6 km N

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.