St Helens

Worth seeing in and around St Helens

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
   BrewDog Stadium

   BrewDog Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in St Helens, Merseyside, England. Previously known as the Totally Wicked Stadium, between 2017 and 2025, and as Langtree Park between 2012 and 2017, it has a capacity of over 18,000 and is the home ground of rugby league club St Helens R.F.C. and football club Liverpool F.C. Women.

   900 m · rugby league stadium in St Helens, Merseyside, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   5 km · sculpture by Jaume Plensa · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Knowsley Safari Park

   Knowsley Safari is a safari park and tourist attraction in Prescot, Merseyside, England. It is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria.

   5.2 km · zoo in Merseyside, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Sankey Viaduct

   The Sankey Viaduct is a railway viaduct in Newton-le-Willows in North West England. The majority of the viaduct is located within the borough of St Helens, Merseyside, with approximately a third to west of Sankey Brook being located within the borough of Warrington, Cheshire.

   5.7 km · grade I listed railway viaduct in Cheshire/Merseyside, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   5.1 km · church in Rainhill, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   5.5 km · Grade I listed church in Prescot, Knowsley, Merseyside UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Knowsley Road, St Helens

   Knowsley Road was a former rugby league stadium in Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside. It was the home ground of St.

   1.9 km · home ground of St. Helens from 1890 until its closure in 2010 · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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 km · church in Ravenhead, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church of St Aidan

   St Aidan's Church is in Main Street, Billinge, St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool.

   5.6 km · Anglican parish church in Billinge, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Holy Cross Church, St Helens

    Holy Cross and St Helen Church is a Roman Catholic church in St Helens, Merseyside. The church was built in 1860 by the Society of Jesus.

    300 m · grade II listed church in St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to St Helens

Airports

Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 15 km · Manchester (MAN), 32 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 84 km

Stations

Whiston railway station, 6 km · Rainhill railway station, 4.6 km · Prescot railway station, 5.4 km · Thatto Heath railway station, 2.5 km · Eccleston Park railway station, 3.9 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → St Helens

  87 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £9–12
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → St Helens

  119 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £14–19
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → St Helens

  121 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · £13–17
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