Carr Houses
Carr Houses is a hamlet situated half a mile east of Ince Blundell, in Sefton, Merseyside, England.
Carr Houses is a hamlet situated half a mile east of Ince Blundell, in Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is a traditional grouping of farm buildings built on medieval footings. Rigmaiden Farm and Cottage date back to the 17th century. Kiln Barn and Hare Barn have been renovated and converted into residential dwellings. Damson Cottage has also been renovated and was originally of cruck frame construction.
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Worth seeing in and around Carr Houses
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.
- 01St Helen's Church, Sefton Village
St. Helen's is a parish church of the Church of England in the village of Sefton, Merseyside, England.
3.9 km · Grade I listed church in Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Mary's Church, Little Crosby
St. Mary's Church, Presbytery and Convent are in Back Lane, Little Crosby, Sefton, Merseyside, England.
2.1 km · grade II listed church in Little Crosby, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Luke's Church, Great Crosby
St Luke's Church is on Liverpool Road, near the centre of Great Crosby, Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool.
3.9 km · grade II listed church in Great Crosby, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Crosby United Reformed Church
Crosby United Reformed Church, originally Great Crosby Congregational Church, is on the corner of Eshe Road and Mersey Road in Great Crosby, a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
3.9 km · grade II listed church in Great Crosby, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Lydiate Hall
Lydiate Hall was a 16th-century hall in Lydiate, Merseyside, England. The hall was a black-and-white half-timbered house, and was similar in design to Speke Hall.
3.9 km · building in Lydiate, Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of the Holy Family Adjoining Service Wing of Ince Blundell Hall
The Church of the Holy Family is attached to the service wing of Ince Blundell Hall, near the village of Ince Blundell, Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is both an estate church and an active Roman Catholic parish church in the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
700 m · church in Ince Blundell, Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St Catherine's Chapel, Lydiate
St Catherine's Chapel, known locally as Lydiate Abbey, is a ruined chapel located in Lydiate, Merseyside, England. The Chapel is situated on the A5147, adjacent to the Scotch Piper Inn.
3.9 km · ruined chapel in Merseyside · Wikipedia - 08Formby Lighthouse
Formby Lighthouse was a lighthouse station in Little Altcar, Merseyside. The lighthouse was converted in 1834 from a structure originally built in 1719.
3.5 km · British Lighthouse · Wikipedia - 09Crosby Hall, Merseyside
Crosby Hall is a manor house situated in the ancient manor of Little Crosby, historically in Lancashire and since 1974 in Merseyside. Near the city of Liverpool and located in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, it is a Grade II* listed building.
2.2 km · country house in Merseyside, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10St Michael and All Angels Church, Altcar
St Michael and All Angels Church stands to the west of the village of Great Altcar, West Lancashire, England. The church is timber-framed and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
2.9 km · church in Great Altcar, West Lancashire, England,UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Carr Houses
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 24 km · Manchester (MAN), 53 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 97 km
- Stations
- Hall Road railway station, 3.8 km · Hightown railway station, 2.6 km · Altcar Rifle Range railway station, 2.8 km · Altcar and Hillhouse railway station, 3.3 km · Lydiate railway station, 3 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Carr Houses52 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £6–8
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Carr Houses13 km · quickest by road, 30 min · £1.5–2
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Carr Houses53 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £6–7
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No local-transport research exists yet for Carr Houses
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 Carr Houses. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIntercity services arrive at Belfast ferries arrive at the The Isle of Man ferry arrives at Liverpool's Pier Head.
- Get aroundPassengers can take a bike on Merseyrail trains or the Mersey ferry at no extra charge.
- Get aroundCyclists will have to use the train or ferry to cross the river, during these times.
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Next door to Carr Houses
Carr Houses is 13 km from Liverpool, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Seftonvillage in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England3.9 km
- Great Altcarvillage and civil parish in West Lancashire, England2.6 km
- Hightownvillage and civil parish in Merseyside, UK2.7 km
- Thorntonvillage and civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside, England2.9 km
- Ince Blundellvillage in Merseyside, England600 m
- Little Altcarcivil parish and suburban area in Merseyside, England3.3 km