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Hoghton

Hoghton is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England.

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The place

Hoghton is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 802. Brindle and Hoghton ward also includes the parish of Brindle.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hoghton

7 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
    Holy Trinity Church, Hoghton

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

    400 m · grade II listed church in Hoghton, Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Immanuel Church, Feniscowles

    Immanuel Church is in the village of Feniscowles, near Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.

    3 km · grade II listed church in Livesey, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Hoghton Tower

    Hoghton Tower is a fortified manor house two-thirds of a mile east of the village of Hoghton, Lancashire, England, and stands on a hilltop site on the highest point in the area. It takes its name from the de Hoghton family, its historical owners since at least the 12th century.

    800 m · Grade I listed house in Hoghton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Pleasington Priory

    Pleasington Priory, or the Church of St Mary and St John Baptist, is a Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

    2.9 km · Roman Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    All Saints Church, Higher Walton

    All Saints Church is in Blackburn Road in the village of Higher Walton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leyland, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.

    3.7 km · grade II listed church in South Ribble, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Hoghton Tower Great Barn

    Great Barn is an historic building in the English village of Hoghton, Lancashire. Built in 1692, and constructed using the local sandstone grit, it is now a Grade I listed building.

    700 m · Grade I listed building in Hoghton, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St James' Church, Brindle

    St James' Church is in the village of Brindle, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.

    2.6 km · grade II listed church in Brindle, Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hoghton

Airports
Manchester (MAN), 47 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 47 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 63 km
Stations
Pleasington railway station, 2.8 km · Feniscowles railway station, 3.6 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Hoghton
    37 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · £5–7
  • Liverpool → Hoghton
    44 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £5–7
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Hoghton
    69 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £9–12
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hoghton

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFerries ply to Liverpool from: Dublin twice a day (P & O, 8 hours), though there are faster sailings from Dublin to Holyhead in North Wales.
  • Get inBelfast twice a day (Stena Line, 8 hours) Douglas Isle of Man three per day (Isle of Man Steam Packet, 2 hour 45 min); Douglas also has ferries to Heysham near Morecambe.
  • Get aroundLancashire is increasingly a cycle friendly place for on- and off-road cyclists.
  • Go nextOr hop on a ferry to Ireland or the Isle of Man.

From Wikivoyage: Lancashire, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

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

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    263 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    298 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    317 km
  4. 04
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    324 km
  5. 05
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    350 km

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

Around it

Next door to Hoghton

Hoghton is 9 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Samlesburyvillage in Lancashire, England, UK2.5 km
  • Pleasingtonvillage in Lancashire, England, UK2.8 km
  • Brindlevillage and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, UK2.8 km
  • Coupe Greenvillage in Lancashire, England, UK2.3 km
  • Gregson Lanevillage in Lancashire, England, UK2.2 km
  • Feniscowlesvillage in Lancashire, England, UK3.2 km