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Gressingham

Gressingham is a small village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster In the 2001 census, it had a population of 153, decreasing slightly to 151 at the 2011 census.

The place

Gressingham is a small village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster In the 2001 census, it had a population of 153, decreasing slightly to 151 at the 2011 census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gressingham

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
    Hornby Castle

    Hornby Castle is a country house, developed from a medieval castle, standing to the east of the village of Hornby in the Lune Valley, Lancashire, England. It occupies a position overlooking the village in a curve of the River Wenning.

    2 km · country house in the Lune Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Holy Trinity Church, Wray

    Holy Trinity Church is in the village of Wray, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.

    3.9 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St James the Less, Tatham

    The Church of St James the Less is in the village of Tatham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn.

    3.4 km · church in Tatham, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St John the Baptist's Church

    St John the Baptist's Church, is in the village of Arkholme, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.

    2.6 km · church in Arkholme-with-Cawood, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Loyn Bridge

    Loyn Bridge crosses the River Lune, carrying a minor road between the villages of Hornby and Gressingham in Lancashire, England. The present bridge replaces an older bridge, which is thought to have been constructed with timber decking between stone piers.

    1 km · bridge in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Chad's Church, Claughton

    St Chad's Church is in the village of Claughton, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church, which is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

    3.4 km · grade II listed church in Claughton, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St John the Evangelist's Church, Gressingham

    St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Gressingham, Lancashire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

    0 m · Grade I listed church in Gressingham, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St Margaret's Church

    St Margaret's Church is in Main Street, Hornby, Lancashire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

    1.8 km · church in Hornby, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St Wilfrid's Church

    St Wilfrid's Church is in Main Street, Melling, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is an active Anglican church in the united benefice of East Lonsdale, the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn.

    2.9 km · church in Melling, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Claughton Hall

    Claughton Hall is a large country house in the English village of Claughton, Lancashire. A Grade I listed building, it dates to around 1600, but it contains material believed to be from the 15th century.

    3.8 km · country house in Claughton, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Gressingham

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 71 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 89 km · Manchester (MAN), 90 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Gressingham
    81 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £10–13
  • Liverpool → Gressingham
    82 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £10–13
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Gressingham
    77 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £10–13
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gressingham

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 Gressingham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBirkenhead and Liverpool have ferries to/from the Isle of Man (Isle of Man Steam Packet), Dublin (P&O Ferries) and Belfast (Stena Line).
  • Get inFerries from the Isle of Man and Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland also dock at Heysham near Lancaster.
  • Go nextIsle of Man: ferries to Douglas from Heysham and Liverpool.
  • Go nextBelfast in Northern Ireland or Dublin in the Republic of Ireland by ferry from Birkenhead and Bootle (Liverpool) respectively.

From Wikivoyage: North West England, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    227 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    261 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    288 km
  4. 04
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    355 km
  5. 05
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    372 km

If you know how people move in Gressingham – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Gressingham

Gressingham is 40 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.