Withnell
Withnell is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England.
Withnell is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. According to the census of 2001, it had a population of 3,631, reducing to 3,498 at the census of 2011. Withnell is about 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Chorley itself and about 5 miles (8 km) from Blackburn. It borders the villages of Brinscall and Abbey Village, which are part of the parish. It constituted an urban district from 1894 to 1974.
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Worth seeing in and around Withnell
6 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.
- 01Rake 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.
1.3 km · reservoir in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Grain 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.
3.8 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Hollinshead 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.
3.3 km · manor house in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 04Hurst Hill
Hurst Hill is a location on Anglezarke Moor, within the West Pennine Moors of Lancashire, England. With a height of 317 metres, the summit provides views towards the Irish Sea.
3.8 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05The Goit
The Goit is a canal used for transporting drinking water along the Rivington chain in Lancashire, England.
2.6 km · Canal in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 06Great Hill
Great Hill is a hill in Lancashire, England, on Anglezarke Moor, between the towns of Chorley and Darwen. It is part of the West Pennine Moors and lies approximately 3 miles north of Winter Hill, the highest point in the area at 456 m.
2.8 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Withnell
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 42 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 44 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 62 km
- Stations
- Withnell railway station, 1.3 km · Feniscowles railway station, 3.8 km · Brinscall railway station, 600 m · Heapey railway station, 3.2 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Withnell31 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £4.5–6
- Liverpool → Withnell42 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £5–7
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Withnell67 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £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 Withnell
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 Withnell. 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 Withnell
Withnell is 13 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wheeltonvillage and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England3.1 km
- Heapeyvillage and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England3.1 km
- Tockholesvillage in Lancashire, England, UK3.6 km
- Brinscallvillage in Lancashire, United Kingdom1 km
- Abbey Villagevillage in Lancashire, United Kingdom1.4 km
- Higher Wheeltonsettlement in Lancashire, England2.5 km