Appley Bridge

Worth seeing in and around Appley Bridge

4 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.

1. 01
   Douglas Navigation

   The Douglas Navigation was a canalised section of the River Douglas or Asland, in Lancashire, England, running from its confluence with the River Ribble to Wigan. It was authorised in 1720, and some work was carried out, but the undertakers lost most of the share money speculating on the South Sea Bubble.

   1.7 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St John Rigby College

   St. John Rigby College is a sixth form college in the Orrell district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester: and situated in a 30-acre estate.

   3.1 km · college in Wigan, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and All Saints

   Our Lady and All Saints Church is a Catholic parish church in Parbold, Lancashire, UK. It was built from 1878 to 1884, and paid for by the Ainscough family. The architect was Edmund Kirby, who designed the church in the Gothic Revival style.

   3.1 km · church building in Parbold, West Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Ackhurst Hall

   Ackhurst Hall is a Grade II* listed building on Ackhurst Lane in Orrell, a suburb of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it developed from a farmhouse with datestones of 1618 and 1686, was extended in the 19th century, and has long associations with local gentry and Catholic recusants.

   3.3 km · house in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Appley Bridge

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 28 km · Manchester (MAN), 39 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 77 km

Stations

Parbold railway station, 3.6 km · Gathurst railway station, 2.8 km · Appley Bridge railway station, 100 m

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Appley Bridge

  81 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £10–13
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Appley Bridge

  125 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £15–21
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Appley Bridge

  134 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · £14–18
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