Bury

Worth seeing in and around Bury

10 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
   Ramsbottom

   Ramsbottom is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 17,872.

   5.5 km · market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Gigg Lane

   Gigg Lane is a football ground in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, built for Bury F.C. in 1885. The first match was played on 12 September 1885 between Bury and a team from Wigan.

   2.2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Radcliffe Tower

   Radcliffe Tower is the only surviving part of a manor house in Radcliffe, a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is a scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building.

   4.1 km · Grade I listed fortified house in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial

   The Lancashire Fusiliers War Memorial is a First World War memorial dedicated to members of the Lancashire Fusiliers killed in that conflict. Outside the Fusilier Museum in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, it was unveiled in 1922—on the seventh anniversary of the landing at Cape Helles, part of the Gallipoli Campaign in which the regiment suffered particularly heavy casualties.

   900 m · War memorial in Bury, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   All Saints' Church, Whitefield

   All Saints' Church or Stand Church is an active Anglican parish church in Stand, Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England. It is in the deanery of Radcliffe and Prestwich, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester.

   5.5 km · church in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Parish Church of St Mary, Radcliffe

   The Parish Church of St Mary, Radcliffe is a church in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. It was built during the 14th century, but the tower was not added until the 15th century.

   4 km · Grade I listed church in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Holy Trinity Church, Bury

   Holy Trinity Church is in Spring Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church in the diocese of Manchester.

   1.4 km · church in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Peel Memorial

   The Peel Memorial is a public statue by Edward Hodges Baily, a 19th-century British artist best known for sculpting Nelson on Nelson's Column. It stands in the centre of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, and commemorates the life of Sir Robert Peel—twice UK Prime Minister and founder of the British Conservative Party—who was born in Bury.

   700 m · statue in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Bury Castle

   Bury Castle was an early medieval moated manor house in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, its remains are listed as a scheduled monument.

   700 m · castle in Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    East Lancashire Railway

    The East Lancashire Railway is a twelve-and-a-half-mile heritage railway line in North West England which runs between Heywood, Greater Manchester, and Rawtenstall, Lancashire. There are intermediate stations at Bury Bolton Street, Burrs Country Park, Summerseat and Ramsbottom, with the line crossing the border into Rossendale serving Irwell Vale and Rawtenstall.

    700 m · heritage railway in north west England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Bury

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 28 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 47 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 51 km

Stations

Greenmount railway station, 3.6 km · Bury Bolton Street railway station, 700 m · Bury Knowsley Street railway station, 1.2 km · Tottington railway station, 2.9 km · Ramsbottom railway station, 5.4 km

• Liverpool → Bury

  50 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £6–8
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• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Bury

  54 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £6–8
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Bury

  105 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · £12–16
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