Nob End

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Nob End is one of 22 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Greater Manchester. West Pennine Moors and Astley & Bedford Mosses are among the SSSIs within 9.8 km. The nearest railway station, Farnworth, is under a kilometre away.

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