Worston
Worston is a small linear village and civil parish in Lancashire, England.
Worston is a small linear village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. The village is north-west of Pendle Hill, east of Clitheroe, and is in the Ribble Valley district. As it is only a small village, with a population of 76 at the 2001 census, it has no parish council, but instead has a parish meeting. The parish meeting is shared with Mearley. From the 2011 Census population information for both Mearley and Worston is included within the civil parish of Pendleton.
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Worth seeing in and around Worston
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.
- 01Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill is in the east of Lancashire, England, near the towns of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Brierfield, Clitheroe and Padiham. Its summit is 557 metres above mean sea level.
3.7 km · hill in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 02Clitheroe Castle
Clitheroe Castle is a ruined early medieval castle in Clitheroe in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It was the caput of the Honour of Clitheroe, a vast estate stretching along the western side of the Pennines.
2.8 km · castle in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Sawley Abbey
Sawley Abbey was an abbey of Cistercian monks in the village of Sawley, Lancashire, in England. Created as a daughter-house of Newminster Abbey, it existed from 1149 until its dissolution in 1536, during the reign of King Henry VIII. The abbey is a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument.
3.8 km · Cistercian monastery in Sawley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Waddow Hall
Waddow Hall is a 17th-century Grade II listed building within a 178-acre estate near Clitheroe, Lancashire, England which, between 1927 and 2023, served as a conference and activity centre for Girlguiding UK. Since April 2025 it has been owned by GT Foundation.
3.4 km · country house in Waddington, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Leonard's Church, Downham
St Leonard's Church is in the village of Downham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn.
2.2 km · Grade II* listed church in Downham, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Christ Church, Chatburn
Christ Church is in the village of Chatburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the diocese of Blackburn.
1.6 km · grade II listed church in Chatburn, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St Ambrose's Church, Grindleton
St Ambrose's Church is in the village of Grindleton, which is situated about 3 miles northeast of Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the Diocese of Blackburn.
3 km · grade II listed church in Grindleton, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St Michael and St John Church, Clitheroe
St Michael and St John the Evangelist Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England. It is situated on Lowergate road close to the centre of the town.
2.6 km · grade II listed catholic church in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Clitheroe Castle Museum
Clitheroe Castle Museum is located in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, in the former Steward's House, a Grade II listed building that was built in the 18th century to house the steward of Clitheroe Castle. It is a museum showing the history of the local area.
2.9 km · museum in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Downham Hall
Downham Hall is an English country house in Downham, Lancashire, England.
2.2 km · Grade II* listed country house in Downham, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Worston
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 45 km · Manchester (MAN), 59 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 69 km
- Stations
- Clitheroe railway station, 2.8 km · Clitheroe Interchange, 2.7 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Worston53 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £7–10
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Worston45 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £5–6
- Liverpool → Worston67 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £7–10
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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 Worston
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 Worston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Worston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Worston
Worston is 26 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Clitheroetown in Lancashire, England2.7 km
- Ribble Valleylocal government district with borough status in Lancashire, England3.1 km
- Sawleyvillage and civil parish in Lancashire, UK3.9 km
- Grindletonvillage in Lancashire, England, UK3.1 km
- West Bradfordvillage in Lancashire, England, UK2.8 km
- Chatburna village in Ribble Valley District, United Kingdom1.8 km