Brinscall
Brinscall is a village in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England.
Brinscall is a village in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. Located approximately five miles north-east of Chorley, Brinscall borders the similar-sized villages of Withnell and Abbey Village. Brinscall is part of the civil parish of Withnell but does not have its own boundaries. However, an area used in the 2001 census that covers approximately the same area as the village had a population of 1,431. The village population at the 2011 census was 1,388.
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Worth seeing in and around Brinscall
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.
- 01Rake 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.
2.3 km · reservoir in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Grain Pole Hill
Grain Pole Hill is a location on Anglezarke Moor, near Chorley, within the West Pennine Moors of Lancashire, England. With a height of 285 metres, the summit provides views towards the Irish Sea.
3.4 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Hurst Hill
Hurst Hill is a location on Anglezarke Moor, within the West Pennine Moors of Lancashire, England. With a height of 317 metres, the summit provides views towards the Irish Sea.
3.6 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04St James' Church, Brindle
St James' Church is in the village of Brindle, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
3.9 km · grade II listed church in Brindle, Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05The Goit
The Goit is a canal used for transporting drinking water along the Rivington chain in Lancashire, England.
2 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.
3.1 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Brinscall
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 42 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 43 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 63 km
- Stations
- Withnell railway station, 2 km · Brinscall railway station, 300 m · Heapey railway station, 2.4 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Brinscall32 km · quickest by road, 57 min · £4.5–6
- Liverpool → Brinscall41 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £5–7
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Brinscall68 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Brinscall
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 Brinscall. 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 Brinscall
Brinscall is 12 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wheeltonvillage and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England2.2 km
- Withnellvillage in Lancashire, England, UK1 km
- Heapeyvillage and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England2.2 km
- Brindlevillage and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, UK4 km
- Abbey Villagevillage in Lancashire, United Kingdom2.2 km
- Higher Wheeltonsettlement in Lancashire, England1.7 km