Tockholes
Tockholes is a village and civil parish which forms part of the Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority in the English county of Lancashire, England.
Tockholes is a village and civil parish which forms part of the Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority in the English county of Lancashire, England. Tockholes consists of the village of Tockholes itself and the hamlet of Ryal Fold, and has a population of 454, increasing to 478 at the 2011 Census. It lies on the West Pennine Moors and is surrounded by the towns of Blackburn to the north and Darwen to the east and by the villages of Belmont to the south and Withnell to the west. Darwen Tower is a prominent local landmark that lies to the east of Tockholes and the Roddlesworth Reservoirs and Tockholes forest plantation lie to the south with the M65 passing to the north. There are two churches: Tockholes United Reformed Church and Saint Stephen's Church.
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Worth seeing in and around Tockholes
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.
- 01Ewood Park
Ewood Park is a football stadium in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, and the home of Blackburn Rovers, founding members of the Football League and Premier League, who have played there since 1890. It is an all seater multi-sports facility with a capacity of 31,367, and four sections: the Bryan Douglas Darwen End, The Ronnie Clayton Blackburn End, the Riverside Stand, and Jack Walker Stand, named after Blackburn industrialist and club supporter, Jack Walker.
2.8 km · football stadium in Blackburn, England · Wikipedia - 02Darwen
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough of Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners".
3.2 km · market town in Lancashire, UK · Wikipedia - 03Immanuel Church, Feniscowles
Immanuel Church is in the village of Feniscowles, near 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.
3.2 km · grade II listed church in Livesey, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Pleasington Priory
Pleasington Priory, or the Church of St Mary and St John Baptist, is a Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
4 km · Roman Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Rake Brook Reservoir
Rake Brook Reservoir is a reservoir fed by two streams, including the eponymous Rake Brook, a tributary of the River Roddlesworth in Lancashire, England. The reservoir is adjacent to the two Roddlesworth Reservoirs.
2.2 km · reservoir in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Ewood Aqueduct
Ewood Aqueduct is a high embankment carrying the Leeds and Liverpool Canal over the River Darwen and the B6447 road near Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Built of sandstone in the early 19th century, it is a Grade II listed building.
3.2 km · grade II listed canal in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Hollinshead Hall
Hollinshead Hall was a manor house close to the village of Tockholes, Lancashire. It is unclear whether the hall was originally the manor house of Tockholes, or if Hollinshead was indeed a manor in its own right alongside Tockholes and Livesey.
3.4 km · manor house in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 08Jubilee Tower
The octagonal Jubilee Tower on Darwen Hill overlooking the town of Darwen in Lancashire, England, was completed in 1898 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It also commemorated the victory of the local people for the right of access to the surrounding moors.
2.2 km · tower in Darwen, Lancashire, United Kingdom, commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee · Wikipedia - 09Darwen Town Hall
Darwen Town Hall is a municipal building in Croft Street, Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is the meeting place of Darwen Town Council.
2.9 km · town hall in Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 10St Cuthbert's Church
St Cuthbert's Church is an Anglican church in the English market town of Darwen, Lancashire. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn.
2 km · Anglican church in the English market town of Darwen, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tockholes
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 42 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 47 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 58 km
- Stations
- Darwen railway station, 3 km · Pleasington railway station, 3.7 km · Cherry Tree railway station, 3.1 km · Mill Hill railway station, 3.2 km · Withnell railway station, 2.7 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Tockholes29 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · £3.5–5
- Liverpool → Tockholes44 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £6–8
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Tockholes64 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £8–11
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tockholes
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 Tockholes. 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 Tockholes
Tockholes is 14 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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