Osbaldeston
Osbaldeston is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, about 3+1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) north-west of Blackburn and 7 miles (11.3 km) east of Preston.

Osbaldeston is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, about 3+1⁄4 miles (5.2 km) north-west of Blackburn and 7 miles (11.3 km) east of Preston. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 185.
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Worth seeing in and around Osbaldeston
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.
- 01St Silas' Church
St Silas' Church is in Preston New Road, 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.
3.9 km · church in Blackburn · Wikipedia - 02Samlesbury Hall
Samlesbury Hall is a historic house in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, six miles east of Preston. It was built in 1325 by Gilbert de Southworth (b.
2.7 km · Grade I listed house in Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03St Leonard's Church, Balderstone
St Leonard's Church is in the village of Balderstone, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
1.5 km · grade II listed church in Balderstone, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Mary's Church, Mellor
St Mary's Church is in Church Lane, Mellor, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
1.1 km · grade II listed church in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 052 Church Street
2 Church Street is a building in Ribchester, Lancashire, England. The property dates to at least the 19th century.
3.3 km · building in Ribchester, Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 06Leamington Road
Leamington Road was a football ground in Blackburn in England. It was the home ground of Blackburn Rovers between 1881 and 1890.
3.9 km · football ground · Wikipedia - 07St Wilfrid's Church, Ribchester
St Wilfrid's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Ribchester in Lancashire, England, which is situated close to the site of a Roman fort. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn.
3.2 km · Grade I listed church in Ribchester, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Osbaldeston
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 51 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 54 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 58 km
- Stations
- Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station, 3.9 km · Samlesbury Aerodrome, 2.3 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Osbaldeston40 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £6–8
- Liverpool → Osbaldeston52 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £6–8
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Osbaldeston65 km · quickest by road, 2h · £9–12
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No local-transport research exists yet for Osbaldeston
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 Osbaldeston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Osbaldeston
Osbaldeston is 11 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ribchestervillage and civil parish in Lancashire, UK3.5 km
- Balderstonevillage and civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England1.5 km
- Wilpshirevillage in Lancashire, England3.9 km
- Clayton-le-Dalevillage in Lancashire, England, UK3.3 km
- Mellorvillage and civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, UK600 m
- Salesburyvillage and civil parish in Lancashire, England, UK3.6 km