Farnworth

Worth seeing in and around Farnworth

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
   University of Greater Manchester

   The University of Greater Manchester is a public university in Bolton, Greater Manchester in England. It was known as the University of Bolton from 2005 until 2024.

   4 km · University in Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bolton Museum

   Bolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum is a public museum, art gallery, library and aquarium in the town of Bolton, England, owned by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. The museum, Bolton Museum, is housed within the grade II listed Le Mans Crescent near Bolton Town Hall and shares its main entrance with the library, Bolton Central Library, in a purpose-built civic centre.

   4.1 km · public museum and art gallery in the town of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Wardley Hall

   Wardley Hall is an early medieval manor house and a Grade I listed building in the Wardley area of Worsley, Salford, in Greater Manchester. There has been a moat on the site since at least 1292.

   4 km · Grade I listed English country house in Wardley, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Holy Trinity Church, Bolton

   Holy Trinity Church, Bolton is a redundant Church of England parish church in Trinity Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It a Grade II listed building.

   3.7 km · grade II listed church in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Octagon Theatre

   The Octagon Theatre is a producing theatre located in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

   4.1 km · theatre in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of All Souls, Bolton

   The Church of All Souls is a redundant Anglican church on Astley Street in Astley Bridge, a predominantly residential district of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building and was formerly under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   5.8 km · church in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   RHS Garden Bridgewater

   RHS Garden Bridgewater is the Royal Horticultural Society's fifth public display garden. It is located in the village of Worsley in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

   5 km · public garden in Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St Mark's Church, Worsley

   St Mark's Church is an active Anglican parish church in Worsley, Greater Manchester, England. It is part of a team ministry along with St Mary's in Ellenbrook and St Andrew in Boothstown.

   4.9 km · Grade I listed church in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Garrett Hall

   Garrett Hall or The Garrett is a former manor house that became a farmhouse in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England. The hall was designated a grade II listed building in 1987.

   4.8 km · grade II listed building in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St George's Church, Tyldesley

    St George's Church is an Anglican parish church serving Tyldesley and Shakerley in Greater Manchester, England. It is part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester.

    5.9 km · grade II listed church in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Bolton Town Hall
2. 02
   Bolton Steam Museum

   Grand collection of static textile mill engines.

3. 03
   Hall i' th' Wood

   16th-century mansion, timber-framed with stone additions, used as multiple lets for 17th- and 18th-century cottage industry.

4. 04
   Turton Tower

   Odd-looking building that started out as a 15th-century pele tower, then a stone mansion was added in late Tudor times.

5. 05
   Holy Trinity Church

   Consecrated in 1831, it's an example of a "Commissioners' church" (aka a "Waterloo" or "Million Act" church).

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Things to do

Octagon Theatre is by the town hall and museum at Howell Croft South, box office +44 1204 520661. Parks and countryside: central in town are Queen's Park and Moss Bank Park. - Moses Gate Country Park, also known as Crompton Lodges, stretches northwest of Prestolee Aqueduct. -

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Where to eat

Ye Olde Pastie Shoppe, 31 Churchgate BL1 1HU (corner of Bradshawgate). Mon-Fri 9AM-2:45PM. A Bolton tradition, renowned for its pasties, which you can take into the pub across the street, "Ye Olde Man & Scythe". Bridge St eateries include TCB Bolton, Nadii's Diner / Lahori Taste, Jo's Grill House, Sake Sushi, Istanbul and Thai Original House. Rice 'n' Three, 80 Bradshawgate BL1 1QQ,. Mon-Sat 11AM-5PM.

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Getting to Farnworth

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 23 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 38 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 60 km

Stations

Atherton railway station, 5.4 km · Farnworth railway station, 1 km · Hall i' th' Wood railway station, 5.8 km · Walkden railway station, 2.8 km · Moses Gate railway station, 1.2 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Farnworth

  62 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £7–9
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Farnworth

  106 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · £13–17
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Farnworth

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