Lowton

Worth seeing in and around Lowton

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
   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.

   3.5 km · stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Culcheth Linear Park

   Culcheth Linear Park is a park in the district of Culcheth, Warrington, England. Like the Black Bear Park and sections of the Trans Pennine Trail, Culcheth Linear Park is built on former railway tracks.

   3.4 km · park in the district of Culcheth, Warrington, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Christ Church, Pennington

   Christ Church is an active Anglican parish church in Pennington, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Christ Church serves the parish of Pennington in the Leigh Deanery and Salford Archdeaconry in the Diocese of Manchester.

   3.8 km · church in Pennington, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Pennington Flash Country Park

   Pennington Flash Country Park is a 200-hectare country park located between Lowton and Leigh in Greater Manchester, England.

   2.2 km · park in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom; surroundings of lake formed by mining subsidence frequented by birdwatchers · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Mary's Church, Lowton

   St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Newton Road, Lowton, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is in the deanery of Winwick, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.

   1.3 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Peter's Church, Westleigh

   St Peter's Church is in Firs Lane, Westleigh, a district of Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leigh, the archdeaconry of Salford, and the diocese of Manchester.

   3.7 km · church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Lightshaw Hall

   Lightshaw Hall is a Grade II* listed building on Lightshaw Lane in Golborne, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is a farmhouse that dates from the 16th century and was largely rebuilt in brick during the 18th and 19th centuries.

   2.4 km · house in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Lowton

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 23 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 24 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 74 km

Stations

Newton-le-Willows railway station, 3.6 km · Parkside railway station, 2.5 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Lowton

  76 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £8–10
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Lowton

  111 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £14–18
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Lowton

  119 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Lowton

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

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