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Photo of Samlesbury Hall, a house in Lancashire, north west England.

Samlesbury Hall© Greum / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Preston StationPreston

20 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 Samlesbury Hall, a house in Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Samlesbury Hall

House near Samlesbury

Black-and-white timbered manor of 1325 near Preston, reputedly haunted, with craft shops and a bee centre.

9 km E

Photo of Hoghton Tower, a Grade II registered house & garden near Mellor, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Hoghton Tower

House & garden near Mellor

A Grade II-listed historic park and garden in Lancashire.

9.2 km E

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.

9.6 km SE · spans 5 counties

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

0.6 km SW · Lancashire, North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Miller Park

House & garden near Preston

An 1864 riverside park dug by mill workers during the Lancashire Cotton Famine.

0.6 km S

Avenham Park

House & garden near Preston

A Victorian park by Edward Milner, dropping in terraces to the River Ribble.

0.7 km SE

Photo of the Lancaster Canal, a 41-mile canal running from Preston to Tewitfield, north west England.

Lancaster Canal

Canal

The lock-free coastal canal of the north-west, 41 miles on one level from Preston to Tewitfield with the sea often in view.

1.3 km NW · Lancashire & Cumbria

Moor Park (Lancashire)

House & garden near Preston

One of the country's first municipal parks, with a 1927 eclipse observatory.

2 km N

Cuerden Valley Park

Country park near Preston

A country park in Lancashire.

5 km SE

Photo of St Anne's Church, Woodplumpton, a church in Lancashire, north west England.

St Anne's Church, Woodplumpton

Church near Woodplumpton

Rural Fylde church whose churchyard holds the boulder-covered grave of the 'Fylde witch' Meg Shelton.

6.3 km NW

Photo of The Bushells Arms, a pub near Goosnargh, Lancashire, north west England.

The Bushells Arms

Pub near Goosnargh

Traditional village pub in Goosnargh, known for hearty food and local ales.

8 km N

Photo of Huntley's Country Stores, a farm & farm shop near Samlesbury, Lancashire, north west England.

Huntley's Country Stores

Farm & farm shop near Samlesbury

Big Samlesbury food hall with an in-house bakery, butcher, fishmonger, deli and forty ice-cream flavours.

8.3 km E

Everything else within 10 km (8) — 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.