Mearley
Mearley is a civil parish in Lancashire, England.
Mearley is a civil parish in Lancashire, England. The parish is north-west of Pendle Hill, east of Clitheroe, and is in the Ribble Valley district. It is a small parish with no villages or hamlets and a population of 25, the second smallest in Lancashire, at the 2001 census. It has no parish council, but instead has a parish meeting shared with neighbouring Worston. From the 2011 Census population information for both Mearley and Worston is included within the civil parish of Pendleton, giving a total of 349. The eastern part of the parish is included in the Pendle outlier section of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
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Worth seeing in and around Mearley
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.
- 01Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill is in the east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Brierfield, Clitheroe and Padiham. Its summit is 557 metres above mean sea level.
3.4 km · hill in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 02Clitheroe Castle
Clitheroe Castle is a ruined early medieval castle in Clitheroe in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It was the caput of the Honour of Clitheroe, a vast estate stretching along the western side of the Pennines.
2.8 km · castle in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Leonard's Church, Downham
St Leonard's Church is in the village of Downham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn.
3.6 km · Grade II* listed church in Downham, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Christ Church, Chatburn
Christ Church is in the village of Chatburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the diocese of Blackburn.
3.2 km · grade II listed church in Chatburn, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Waddow Hall
Waddow Hall is a 17th-century Grade II listed building within a 178-acre estate near Clitheroe, Lancashire, England which, between 1927 and 2023, served as a conference and activity centre for Girlguiding UK. Since April 2025 it has been owned by GT Foundation.
3.8 km · country house in Waddington, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Clitheroe Library
Clitheroe Library is a Carnegie library in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. It was opened in 1905.
2.7 km · public library in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Town Hall
The Old Town Hall, sometimes referred to as the Moot Hall, is a municipal building in Church Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Clitheroe Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.7 km · town hall in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St Mary Magdalene's Church, Clitheroe
St Mary Magdalene's Church is located in Church Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. It is the Anglican parish church of the town, and is in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
2.7 km · church in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Downham Hall
Downham Hall is an English country house in Downham, Lancashire, England.
3.6 km · Grade II* listed country house in Downham, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10St Michael and St John Church, Clitheroe
St Michael and St John the Evangelist Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. It is situated on Lowergate road close to the centre of the town.
2.6 km · grade II listed catholic church in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mearley
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 45 km · Manchester (MAN), 58 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 67 km
- Stations
- Clitheroe railway station, 2.9 km · Clitheroe Interchange, 2.9 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Mearley53 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £7–10
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Mearley43 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £4.5–6
- Liverpool → Mearley66 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £7–10
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No local-transport research exists yet for Mearley
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 Mearley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Mearley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Mearley
Mearley is 26 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Clitheroetown in Lancashire, England2.7 km
- Ribble Valleylocal government district with borough status in Lancashire, England3.7 km
- Sabdenvillage and civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire3.7 km
- Chatburna village in Ribble Valley District, United Kingdom3.5 km
- Worstonvillage and civil parish in Lancashire, England1.7 km
- Pendletonvillage in Lancashire, United Kingdom2 km