Wheelton
Wheelton is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England.
Wheelton is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 United Kingdom census it has a population of 1,001, reducing to 956 at the 2011 Census. The village is located on the A674 Chorley–Blackburn road.
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Worth seeing in and around Wheelton
5 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.
- 01Preston England Temple
The Preston England Temple is the 52nd operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple is located in the town of Chorley, 10 miles south of Preston, in Lancashire, England.
2.4 km · church temple in England · Wikipedia - 02St Laurence's Church, Chorley
St Laurence's Church is in Union Street, Chorley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
4 km · church in Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Grain Pole Hill
Grain Pole Hill is a location on Anglezarke Moor, near Chorley, within the West Pennine Moors of Lancashire, England. With a height of 285 metres, the summit provides views towards the Irish Sea.
3.7 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04St James' Church, Brindle
St James' Church is in the village of Brindle, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
3.2 km · grade II listed church in Brindle, Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05The Goit
The Goit is a canal used for transporting drinking water along the Rivington chain in Lancashire, England.
2.4 km · Canal in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wheelton
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 42 km · Manchester (MAN), 43 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 65 km
- Stations
- Chorley railway station, 3.9 km · Withnell railway station, 3.9 km · Heapey railway station, 1.6 km · Brinscall railway station, 2.4 km
- Liverpool → Wheelton40 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £5–7
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Wheelton32 km · quickest by road, 1h · £4.5–6
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Wheelton69 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Wheelton
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 Wheelton. 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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If you know how people move in Wheelton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Wheelton
Wheelton is 11 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Heapeyvillage and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England1 km
- Withnellvillage in Lancashire, England, UK3.1 km
- Astley Villagecivil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England3.9 km
- Whittle-le-Woodsvillage and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England2.7 km
- Brindlevillage and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, UK3.1 km
- Brinscallvillage in Lancashire, United Kingdom2.1 km