Abbey Village
Abbey Village is a village in the English county of Lancashire and the constituency of Chorley.
Abbey Village is a village in the English county of Lancashire and the constituency of Chorley. It is located on the A675 road, six miles (9.7 km) from Blackburn, eight miles (13 km) from Chorley, nine miles (14 km) from Preston and ten miles from Bolton.
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Worth seeing in and around Abbey Village
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Immanuel Church, Feniscowles
Immanuel Church is in the village of Feniscowles, near Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
3.3 km · grade II listed church in Livesey, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Rake Brook Reservoir
Rake Brook Reservoir is a reservoir fed by two streams, including the eponymous Rake Brook, a tributary of the River Roddlesworth in Lancashire, England. The reservoir is adjacent to the two Roddlesworth Reservoirs.
300 m · reservoir in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Jubilee Tower
The octagonal Jubilee Tower on Darwen Hill overlooking the town of Darwen in Lancashire, England, was completed in 1898 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It also commemorated the victory of the local people for the right of access to the surrounding moors.
3.5 km · tower in Darwen, Lancashire, United Kingdom, commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee · Wikipedia - 04Hollinshead Hall
Hollinshead Hall was a manor house close to the village of Tockholes, Lancashire. It is unclear whether the hall was originally the manor house of Tockholes, or if Hollinshead was indeed a manor in its own right alongside Tockholes and Livesey.
3 km · manor house in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 05The Goit
The Goit is a canal used for transporting drinking water along the Rivington chain in Lancashire, England.
3.8 km · Canal in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 06Great Hill
Great Hill is a hill in Lancashire, England, on Anglezarke Moor, between the towns of Chorley and Darwen. It is part of the West Pennine Moors and lies approximately 3 miles north of Winter Hill, the highest point in the area at 456 m.
3.3 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Abbey Village
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 42 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 45 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 61 km
- Stations
- Pleasington railway station, 3.8 km · Withnell railway station, 700 m · Feniscowles railway station, 2.8 km · Brinscall railway station, 1.9 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Abbey Village32 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · £4.5–6
- Liverpool → Abbey Village43 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £5–7
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Abbey Village66 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £9–12
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No local-transport research exists yet for Abbey Village
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Abbey Village. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries ply to Liverpool from: Dublin twice a day (P & O, 8 hours), though there are faster sailings from Dublin to Holyhead in North Wales.
- Get inBelfast twice a day (Stena Line, 8 hours) Douglas Isle of Man three per day (Isle of Man Steam Packet, 2 hour 45 min); Douglas also has ferries to Heysham near Morecambe.
- Get aroundLancashire is increasingly a cycle friendly place for on- and off-road cyclists.
- Go nextOr hop on a ferry to Ireland or the Isle of Man.
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Next door to Abbey Village
Abbey Village is 13 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Withnellvillage in Lancashire, England, UK1.3 km
- Tockholesvillage in Lancashire, England, UK2.3 km
- Liveseycivil parish in Lancashire, UK3.2 km
- Brinscallvillage in Lancashire, United Kingdom2.2 km
- Higher Wheeltonsettlement in Lancashire, England3.4 km
- Feniscowlesvillage in Lancashire, England, UK3.3 km