Wardle

Worth seeing in and around Wardle

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
   Hollingworth Lake

   Hollingworth Lake is a 130-acre reservoir at Smithy Bridge in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England. It was originally built as the main water source for the Rochdale Canal, but developed as a tourist resort from the 1860s.

   3.2 km · lake in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Church of St Edmund, Rochdale

   Saint Edmund's Church is a redundant church building located on Clement Royds Street in the Falinge area of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. Commissioned by Rochdale's local industrialist and Freemason Albert Royds, the construction of the building was completed to a high and rich specification in 1873, with an "enormous" cost of around £25,000.

   3.9 km · Grade I listed church in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St John the Baptist's Church, Smallbridge

   St John the Baptist's Church is in Halifax Road, Smallbridge, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church in the benefice of Wardle and Smallbridge, the deanery of Rochdale, the archdeaconry of Rochdale, and the diocese of Manchester.

   1.8 km · grade II listed church in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Healey Dell Viaduct

   Healey Dell Viaduct is a viaduct situated in Healey Dell Nature Reserve in the Spodden Valley, on the outskirts of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. It is 2.5 miles from Whitworth, Lancashire.

   3.4 km · railway viaduct between Whitworth (Lancashire) and Rochdale (Greater Manchester) in England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St Mary in the Baum

   The Church of St Mary in the Baum or Church of St Mary-in-the-Baum is an Anglican church in the diocese of Manchester, England. Commissioned in 1738, and opened in 1742 as a chapel of ease, the chapel was extended in the 19th century.

   3.8 km · church in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Rochdale Pioneers Museum

   The Rochdale Pioneers Museum is housed in the building where the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society began trading on 21 December 1844. The museum is regarded as the birthplace of the modern co-operative movement and is located in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.

   3.9 km · collection (museum), Heritage centre in Toad Lane, Rochdale · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Falinge Park, Rochdale

   Falinge Park is a Grade II listed public park located in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Opened to the public in 1906, it lies in the historic grounds of the 18th century Falinge Hall.

   3.6 km · public park in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Hope Chapel And Parsons House Parson's House

   Hope Chapel and Parson's House are adjoining Grade II* listed buildings on Hope Street and Wilson Street in central Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1810 and extended in 1848 and 1887, the complex is an example of a Nonconformist chapel for Baptists and its associated minister's residence from the Georgian era.

   3.5 km · chapel in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Cowm Reservoir

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

   3.8 km · reservoir in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Handle Hall

    Handle Hall is a privately owned Grade II listed historic house located in Calderbrook, Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England.

    2.8 km · Grade II listed privately owned historic house (and adjoining barn) in Calderbrook, Littleborough, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, OL15 · Wikipedia

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Getting to Wardle

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 35 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 39 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 59 km

Stations

Littleborough railway station, 2.7 km · Smithy Bridge railway station, 2.3 km · Rochdale Town Centre tram stop, 3.9 km · Broadley railway station, 3.4 km · Shawclough and Healey railway station, 3.5 km

• Liverpool → Wardle

  62 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £7–9
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Wardle

  101 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £13–17
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Wardle

  131 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £16–21
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