Higher Folds

Worth seeing in and around Higher Folds

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
   Leigh Sports Village

   Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, the Manchester United Women's senior team, and Manchester United's men's Under-21 and Academy teams.

   3.3 km · stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Leigh

   St Joseph's Church is an active Roman Catholic church in, Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. It is in the parish of St Edmund Arrowsmith.

   2 km · grade II listed building in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   2.8 km · grade II listed building in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Lancashire Mining Museum

   The Astley Green Colliery Museum is a heritage museum in Astley near Tyldesley in Greater Manchester, England, operated by the Red Rose Steam Society. The site was originally a working colliery that produced coal from 1912 until its closure in 1970 and is now protected as a Scheduled Monument.

   2.6 km · mining museum in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Anne's Church, Hindsford

   St Anne's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in Tyldesley Road, Hindsford, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

   1.7 km · grade II listed church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   1.4 km · grade II listed church in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St John the Baptist's Church, Atherton

   St John the Baptist's Church is in Market Place, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Salford, and diocese of Manchester.

   2.3 km · grade II listed church in Atherton, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St Mary the Virgin's Church, Leigh

   The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is a member of the Salford & Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester.

   2.5 km · church in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Tyldesley Town Hall

   Tyldesley Town Hall is a municipal building in Elliott Street, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England. Initially the local Liberal Party Club, the town hall went on to become the meeting place of Tyldesley Urban District Council.

   1.7 km · town hall in Tyldesley Wigan, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Damhouse

    Damhouse or Astley Hall is a Grade II* listed building on Church Road in Astley, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It has served as a manor house, sanatorium, and since restoration in 2000, houses offices, a clinic, nursery and tearooms.

    1.8 km · manor house · Wikipedia

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Getting to Higher Folds

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 22 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 31 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 68 km

Stations

Atherton railway station, 2.9 km · Hag Fold railway station, 3.4 km · Atherton Bag Lane railway station, 3.2 km · Howe Bridge railway station, 2.2 km · Atherleigh railway station, 2.5 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Higher Folds

  70 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £7–10
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  108 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £14–19
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Higher Folds

  120 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £13–17
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