Rainhill

Worth seeing in and around Rainhill

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
   Dream

   Dream is a sculpture and a piece of public art by Jaume Plensa in Sutton, St Helens, Merseyside. Costing approximately £1.8m, it was funded through The Big Art Project in coordination with the Arts Council England, The Art Fund and Channel 4.

   2.7 km · sculpture by Jaume Plensa · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Loyola Hall

   Rainhill Hall or Loyola Hall is a Grade II listed country house built in the 19th century in Rainhill, Merseyside, England, by Bartholomew Bretherton. It is situated on the Warrington Road, next to St Bartholomew's Church.

   1 km · church in Rainhill, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Prescot Parish Church

   Prescot Parish Church, also known as St Mary's Church, is in the town of Prescot, Merseyside, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is an active Anglican parish church.

   3.2 km · Grade I listed church in Prescot, Knowsley, Merseyside UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St John the Evangelist

   St John the Evangelist is a Church of England parish church which serves the parish of Ravenhead in St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is one of the over 200 parishes which together form the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool.

   2.9 km · church in Ravenhead, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Stadt Moers Park

   Stadt Moers Park is a public park located in Whiston, Merseyside in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley. The park covers 220 acres of land between Whiston and Huyton.

   3.5 km · park in Whiston, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Bartholomew's Church, Rainhill

   St Bartholomew's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Rainhill, Merseyside. It was built in 1838–40 in the style of the Church of San Bartholomew on the Island in Rome.

   1.2 km · grade II listed church in Rainhill, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Nicholas' Church

   St Nicholas Church is in Windy Arbour Road, Whiston, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool.

   2.9 km · Anglican parish church in Whiston, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Sherdley Park

   Sherdley Park is a 336 acre urban park in Sutton, St Helens, Merseyside.

   2.9 km · park in St Helens, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Nicholas' Church, St Helens

   St Nicholas Church is in New Street, Sutton, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Saint Helens, the Archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool.

   3.1 km · grade II listed church in St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Flat Iron Building

    Flat Iron Building, also known as 72 Ecclestone Street, is a historic building in Prescot, Merseyside. It was built in 1890 to service Prescot's extensive watchmaking industry.

    3.1 km · historic building in Prescot, Merseyside, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Rainhill

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 11 km · Manchester (MAN), 33 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 88 km

Stations

Whiston railway station, 2.2 km · Rainhill railway station, 300 m · Lea Green railway station, 2.8 km · Prescot railway station, 2.6 km · Thatto Heath railway station, 2.3 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Rainhill

  91 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £9–12
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  119 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £14–19
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  119 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £13–17
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