Horwich

Worth seeing in and around Horwich

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
   Toughsheet Community Stadium

   The Toughsheet Community Stadium is a football stadium in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, with an all-seated capacity of 28,001 Opening in 1997, it was originally named the Reebok Stadium, after club sponsors Reebok.

   1.3 km · football stadium in England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Winter Hill

   Winter Hill is a hill on which the three boroughs of Chorley, Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton meet in North West England. It is located on Rivington Moor, Chorley, and is 1,496 feet high.

   4.5 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Rivington Pike

   Rivington Pike is a hill on Winter Hill, part of the West Pennine Moors at Rivington in Lancashire, England. The nearest towns are Adlington and Horwich.

   3.1 km · hill in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Yarrow Reservoir

   Yarrow Reservoir – named after the River Yarrow – is a reservoir in the Rivington chain in Anglezarke, Lancashire, England, and has a storage capacity second to Anglezarke Reservoir. Construction of the reservoir, designed by Liverpool Borough Engineer Thomas Duncan, began in 1867.

   5.2 km · reservoir in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Haigh Hall

   Haigh Hall is a historic country house in Haigh, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built between 1827 and 1840 for James Lindsay, 7th Earl of Balcarres, it replaced an ancient manor house and was a Lindsay family home until 1947, when it was sold to Wigan Corporation.

   5.1 km · historic country house in Haigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St David's Church

   St David's Church is in Copperas Lane, Haigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.

   4.1 km · church in Haigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Smithills Hall

   Smithills Hall is a Grade I listed manor house, and a scheduled monument in Smithills, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the slopes of the West Pennine Moors above Bolton at a height of 500 feet, 3 miles north west of the town centre.

   5.7 km · country house in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   High Rid Reservoir

   High Rid Reservoir is a small, stone-sided reservoir close to Lostock Junction. It lies three miles to the west of Bolton town centre, Greater Manchester.

   2.4 km · reservoir in Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Holy Trinity Church, Horwich

   Holy Trinity Church, commonly known as Horwich Parish Church, is a Grade II listed building in Church Street, Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the Deanery of Bolton, the Archdeaconry of Bolton, and the Diocese of Manchester.

   800 m · church in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Rivington Church

    Rivington Church is an active Anglican parish church in Rivington, Lancashire, England. It is in the Deane deanery, the Bolton archdeanery and Diocese of Manchester.

    4.1 km · church in Rivington, Lancashire, 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 Horwich

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 32 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 35 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 65 km

Stations

Horwich Parkway railway station, 1.6 km · Blackrod railway station, 2 km · Westhoughton railway station, 4.2 km · Lostock railway station, 3.7 km · Hindley railway station, 6 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Horwich

  69 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £8–10
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Horwich

  118 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £14–18
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Horwich

  132 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £15–20
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