Middlebrook is a Area in the county of Greater Manchester.

Middlebrook in Greater Manchester is located 3.7 km N from Westhoughton, 6.6 km N from Hindley Green and 7.0 km NW from Atherton.

Retail in Middlebrook

There are great places to visit near Middlebrook including some great towns, hills, hiking areas, old mines, ancient sites, round cairns, ruins, historic sites, lakes, historic monuments, rivers and streams, woodlands, geological features, historic buildings, nature reserves, villages, country parks, waterfalls, events, bluebell woods, sssis, parks, shopping centres, gardens, canals, cities, museums, disused railway lines, moated sites and airports.

Towns to visit near Middlebrook include Bolton, Westhoughton, Horwich, Little Lever, Salford Quays, Rochdale, and Littleborough.

There are a several good hills in the Middlebrook area like Winter Hill, Winter Hill Summit, Adam Hill, Crooked Edge Hill, Whimberry Hill, The Great Knoll, and Burnt Edge.

Don't miss Shaly Dingle, Winter Hill Summit, Hole Bottom, Hole Bottom Mining Area, Crooked Edge Hill, Whimberry Hill, and Burnt Edge's hiking areas if visiting the area around Middlebrook.

The area around Middlebrook features a number of interesting old mines including Shaly Dingle, Winter Hill Mines, Winter Hill Tunnel, Rivington Moor Colliery (ruin), Rivington Moor Brickworks (ruin), Hole Bottom Mining Area, and Wildersmoor Pit Kilns (ruin).

Don't miss Winter Hill Tumulus, White Brow Cairn, Noon Hill, Two Lads, Hanging Stone, Rivington Cup Marked Stone, and Rainsough Hill Camp's ancient sites if visiting the area around Middlebrook.

Middlebrook has some unmissable round cairns nearby like Winter Hill Tumulus, White Brow Cairn, and Noon Hill.

Don't miss Rivington Moor Brickworks (ruin), Winter Hill Brick and Tile Works, Ouzel Hall (site of), Wildersmoor Pit Kilns (ruin), Prospect (ruin), Rivington Moor Bell Pits (ruin), and Burnt Edge Colliery (ruin)'s ruins if visiting the area around Middlebrook.

Hole Bottom, Winter Hill Brick and Tile Works, and Hole Bottom Mining Area are some of Middlebrook best historic sites to visit near Middlebrook.

There are a several good lakes in the Middlebrook area like Reservoir Of Dean Mills, The Turton Reservoirs, Turton and Entwistle Reservoir, Jumbles Reservoir, Wayoh Reservoir, Rivington Lakes And Reservoirs, and Yarrow Reservoir.

There are a number of historic monuments near Middlebrook including Two Lads, Holy Well Spring, Bury Castle, Worsley Green Monument, and Hyde War Memorial.

Rushtons Brook, Holden's Brook, Stones Bank Brook, Cadshaw Brook, Roscow Clough, Dean Brook, and Raveden Brook are some of Middlebrook best rivers and streams to visit near Middlebrook.

The area around Middlebrook boasts some of the best woodlands including Fox Hill Plantation, Ousel Nest Quarry, Walker Fold Woods, Raveden Clough, Roscow's Tenement Clough, Dean Wood - Rivington, and Rivington Hall Wood.

The area around Middlebrook boasts some of the best geological features including Jumbles Fossil Tree, Fairy Battery, The Margery Flags at Rivington Pike, Tigers Clough, and Jepsons Clough.

Middlebrook's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Bradshaw Brook Viaduct, Turton Tower, Prospect Tower, Archway at Turton Tower, Medieval Style Railway Bridge at Turton Tower, Smithills Hall, and Sheephouse Farm.

Ousel Nest Quarry, Doffcocker Lodge, Nob End SSSI, Leverhulme Park, Darcy Lever Gravel Pits, Aspull Sough, and Wigan Flashes Local Nature Reserve are some of Middlebrook best nature reserves to visit near Middlebrook.

There are a number of villages near Middlebrook including Cadshaw, Rivington, Barrow Bridge, Bromley Cross, Chapeltown, Darcy Lever, and Whelley.

Smithills Country Park, Moses Gate Country Park, Cutacre Country Park, Darcy Lever Gravel Pits, Hollingworth Country Park, Haigh Country Park, and Pennington Flash are great places to visit near Middlebrook if you like country parks.

There are a number of waterfalls near Middlebrook including Roscow Clough Waterfall, Smithills Hall Park Waterfall, Langshaw Ford Weir, Raveden Clough Waterfall, Raveden Plantation Waterfall, Yarrow Reservoir Overflow Cascade, and Upper Rivington Reservoir Yarrow Outflow.

The area around Middlebrook's best events can be found at Rivington Pike Easter.

The area around Middlebrook boasts some of the best bluebell woods including Dean Wood - Rivington, Rivington Hall Wood, Horrocks Wood, Old House Ground Plantation, and Etherow Country Park.

Nob End SSSI is one of Middlebrook's best, nearby sssis to visit in Middlebrook.

Queens Park, Hall Lee Bank Park, Moss Bank Park, Wythenshawe Park and Gardens, Gorton Park, Debdale Park, and Heaton Park are great places to visit near Middlebrook if you like parks.

The area around Middlebrook boasts some of the best shopping centres including Middlebrook Retail and Leisure Park, Manchester Christmas Markets, The Trafford Centre, and Manchester Arndale.

There are a number of gardens near Middlebrook including The Rock Garden, The Walled Garden at Moss Bank, and RHS Garden Bridgewater.

There are a number of canals near Middlebrook including Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal at Prestolee, The Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Haigh, Top Lock at Wigan, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Crooke, The Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Shevington, Rochdale Canal Western Section, and Bridgewater Canal.

Middlebrook has some unmissable cities nearby like Salford, and Manchester.

There are a several good museums in the Middlebrook area like Salford Museum and Art Gallery, The Imperial War Museum Salford, and Lancashire Mining Museum at Astley Green.

Disused Railway Lines to visit near Middlebrook include The Old Whelley Line, Lancashire Union Joint Line, Ringley Road Station (ruin), Clifton - Accrington and Colne Line (disused), and Linnyshaw Loopline.

Places near Middlebrook feature a number of interesting moated sites including Wigan Golf Club.

Don't miss Manchester Airport's airports if visiting the area around Middlebrook.

Middlebrook History

There are some historic monuments around Middlebrook:

• Haigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park House
• Round cairn 280m west of Old Harpers Farm
• Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall
• Morley's Hall moated site
• Round Loaf bowl barrow on Anglezarke Moor
• Round cairn on Noon Hill
• Steam tramway reversing triangle
• Round cairn on Winter Hill
• Headless Cross, Grimeford
• The Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David's Church
• Moated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near Wigan
• Bretters Farm moated site and two fishponds
• New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital
• Astley Green Colliery: engine house and headgear
• Pike Stones chambered long cairn
• Mabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building