Lower Withington

Worth seeing in and around Lower Withington

9 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
   Jodrell Bank Observatory

   Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, hosts a number of radio telescopes as part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. The observatory was established in 1945 by Bernard Lovell, a radio astronomer at the university, to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar in the Second World War.

   2.3 km · astronomical observatory in Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Lovell Telescope

   The Lovell Telescope is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire, in the north-west of England. Completed in 1957, the telescope was the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world at 76.2 metres in diameter; it is now the third-largest, after the US Green Bank telescope, and German Effelsberg telescope.

   2.3 km · radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire in the north-west of England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Mark II

   The Mark II is a radio telescope located at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire, in the north-west of England. It was built on the site of the 218 ft Transit Telescope.

   2 km · radio telescope of Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, North West England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   All Saints Church, Siddington

   All Saints Church is in the village of Siddington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

   3.4 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Blackden Hall

   Blackden Hall is a country house to the northeast of the village of Goostrey, Cheshire, England. It dates from the later part of the 16th century, and there have been later alterations.

   2.8 km · Grade II* listed house in the civil parish of Goostrey, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton

   The Church of St James and St Paul, south of the village of Marton, Cheshire, England, is now an Anglican church, first founded in the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

   3.9 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Luke's Church, Goostrey

   St Luke's Church is in the village of Goostrey, Cheshire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Congleton, in a combined benefice with St Peter, Swettenham.

   3.5 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St Peter's Church, Swettenham

   St Peter's Church is in the village of Swettenham, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

   2.9 km · church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Holy Trinity Chapel, Capesthorne

   Holy Trinity Chapel is a private chapel adjacent to Capesthorne Hall, near the village of Siddington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

   3.9 km · church in Siddington, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Lower Withington

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 14 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 40 km · East Midlands (EMA), 77 km

Stations

Goostrey railway station, 3.1 km

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