Places to explore near Sandhills StationLiverpool

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

0.2 km E · spans 5 counties

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

3.2 km SE

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

3.8 km S

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

5.3 km SW

A hundred cast-iron Antony Gormley figures planted along two miles of Crosby beach, all facing the sea and drowning twice a day.

5.8 km NW

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

6.3 km SE

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

8.3 km S

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

8.4 km S · Merseyside

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

9.4 km SE

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

0.5 km W · spans 24 counties

Edward Kemp's park of 1870, with sweeping terraces and the domed Isla Gladstone Conservatory.

2 km E

A Victorian cemetery by Edward Kemp, with a Gothic catacomb and three chapels.

2.4 km E

A National Trust place in Merseyside.

3.6 km S

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

4.2 km SE

A country park in Merseyside.

4.3 km N

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

5.4 km SE