Earlestown

Worth seeing in and around Earlestown

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
   BrewDog Stadium

   BrewDog Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in St Helens, Merseyside, England. Previously known as the Totally Wicked Stadium, between 2017 and 2025, and as Langtree Park between 2012 and 2017, it has a capacity of over 18,000 and is the home ground of rugby league club St Helens R.F.C. and football club Liverpool F.C. Women.

   5.1 km · rugby league stadium in St Helens, Merseyside, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Oswald's Church, Winwick

   St Oswald's Church, is in the village of Winwick, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

   4.1 km · church in Winwick, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Sankey Viaduct

   The Sankey Viaduct is a railway viaduct in Newton-le-Willows in North West England. The majority of the viaduct is located within the borough of St Helens, Merseyside, with approximately a third to west of Sankey Brook being located within the borough of Warrington, Cheshire.

   300 m · grade I listed railway viaduct in Cheshire/Merseyside, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Gulliver's World Resort

   Gulliver's World is a theme park located in Warrington, England, loosely based on the world of Lilliput from Gulliver's Travels. It consists of the themed areas: Lilliput Land, Land of Oz, Western World, Gully's Cartoon Studios, Smuggler's Wharf, Safari Kingdom, Gully Town and Lost World.

   5.3 km · Children's theme park resort in Warrington, Cheshire. · Wikipedia
5. 05
   All Saints' Church, St Helens

   All Saints' Church is in Ellamsbridge Road, Sutton, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Saint Helens, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.

   3.8 km · grade II listed church in St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Helen's Church, St Helens

   St Helens Minster, formerly known as the Church of St Helen, is an Anglican church located in, St Helens, Merseyside, England. A chapel has been on the site since at least the 16th century.

   5.6 km · grade II listed church in St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Holy Cross Church, St Helens

   Holy Cross and St Helen Church is a Roman Catholic church in St Helens, Merseyside. The church was built in 1860 by the Society of Jesus.

   5.4 km · grade II listed church in St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Catholic Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith

   The Catholic Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith is a Roman Catholic parish church located on Liverpool Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England, which is a Grade II-listed building and includes the Diocesan Shrine of St Edmund Arrowsmith.

   4 km · Roman Catholic diocesan shrine and parish church in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Hall

   Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Hall, formerly Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban District Council Offices, was a municipal building in Bryn Street, Ashton-in-Makerfield, a town in Greater Manchester, England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban District Council, was demolished in 2017.

   4.2 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Bewsey Old Hall

    Bewsey Old Hall is a brick-built, three-storey, mainly Jacobean building, incorporating or reusing elements of a former medieval hall on the edge of Sankey Valley Park in Warrington, Cheshire. The estate was home to the Lords of Warrington from the 13th to the 17th century.

    5.8 km · Grade II* listed building in Burtonwood and Westbrook, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Sankey Valley Viaduct

   Earlestown's principal tourist attraction, built in 1830 and one of the oldest rail viaducts in the World.

From Wikivoyage: Earlestown, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Go to the races at

1. 01
   Haydock Park Racecourse

   Newton-le-Willows WA12 0HQ (One mile north of A580 / M6 jcn 23, take A599 towards Ashton),.

From Wikivoyage: Earlestown, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   The Taste of India

   Long-established Indian restaurant with friendly service.

From Wikivoyage: Earlestown, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Earlestown

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 18 km · Manchester (MAN), 27 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 80 km

Stations

Earlestown railway station, 800 m · Newton-le-Willows railway station, 2.4 km · Bryn railway station, 5.5 km · Garswood railway station, 4.5 km · St Helens Junction railway station, 3.8 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Earlestown

  81 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £8–11
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Earlestown

  113 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £14–18
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Earlestown

  119 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £12–16
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