Rossendale

Worth seeing in and around Rossendale

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
   Ramsbottom

   Ramsbottom is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 17,872.

   5.9 km · market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Hail Storm Hill

   Hail Storm Hill, also known as Cowpe Moss, is the highest point of the Rossendale Valley, England, an area of moorland and hill country situated between the West Pennine Moors and the South Pennines. It is wholly within Lancashire, although the administrative county boundary with the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale passes just a kilometre to the south-east of the summit.

   1.5 km · hill in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Christ Church, Bacup

   The former Christ Church building - now known as Rossendale Digital Bacup Campus - is in Beech Street, off Todmorden Road, Bacup, Lancashire, England. It is a former Anglican parish church in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton and the diocese of Manchester and has been acquired by a local business to convert into Rossendale's first dedicated digital centre.

   4.5 km · church in Bacup, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Rawtenstall railway station

   Rawtenstall railway station serves the town of Rawtenstall, in Lancashire, England; it is the northern terminus of the heritage East Lancashire Railway. It was formerly on the national railway network on the line between Bacup, Bury and Manchester.

   3.3 km · Northern teminus of the East Lancashire heritage railway in England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St John the Evangelist's Church, Crawshawbooth

   St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Crawshawbooth, near Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church formerly in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester.

   5.1 km · church in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Rawtenstall Town Hall

   Rawtenstall Town Hall is a municipal building in Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Rawtenstall Borough Council and has been converted for commercial use, is a locally listed building.

   3 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Longholme Methodist Church

   Longholme Methodist Church is Methodist church in Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. 53.70103°N 2.28619°W / 53.70103; -2.28619 The current building is the third used for methodist worship in Rawtenstall.

   3.1 km · protestant church building in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St John's Church, Rawtenstall

   St John's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Newchurch Road, Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

   2.4 km · church in Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Paul's Church, Constable Lee

   St Paul's Church is in Burnley Road, Constable Lee, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester.

   3.9 km · grade II listed church in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Cowm Reservoir

    Cowm Reservoir in Whitworth was built following the 1866 Rochdale Waterworks Act. The reservoir is owned by United Utilities.

    4.8 km · reservoir in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Rossendale

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 37 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 44 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 55 km

Stations

Bacup railway station, 3.6 km · Haslingden railway station, 5.9 km · Stacksteads railway station, 1.8 km · Irwell Vale railway station, 4.4 km · Ewood Bridge and Edenfield railway station, 3.9 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Rossendale

  50 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £7–10
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• Liverpool → Rossendale

  55 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £7–9
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Rossendale

  110 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · £13–18
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