Trafford is a Area in the county of Greater Manchester.

Trafford postcode: M17 8

Retail in Trafford

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

There are a number of towns near Trafford including Bolton, Westhoughton, Horwich, Little Lever, Salford Quays, Rochdale, and Littleborough.

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

The area around Trafford features a number of interesting ancient sites including Winter Hill Tumulus, White Brow Cairn, Noon Hill, Two Lads, Hanging Stone, Rivington Cup Marked Stone, and Rainsough Hill Camp.

The area around Trafford boasts some of the best round cairns including Winter Hill Tumulus, White Brow Cairn, and Noon Hill.

There are a number of hiking areas near Trafford including Winter Hill Summit, Hole Bottom, Hole Bottom Mining Area, Crooked Edge Hill, Whimberry Hill, Burnt Edge, and Turton Moor.

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

There are a number of ruins near Trafford including 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).

Hole Bottom, Winter Hill Brick and Tile Works, and Hole Bottom Mining Area are great places to visit near Trafford if you like historic sites.

Lakes to visit near Trafford include Reservoir Of Dean Mills, The Turton Reservoirs, Turton and Entwistle Reservoir, Jumbles Reservoir, Wayoh Reservoir, Rivington Lakes And Reservoirs, and Yarrow Reservoir.

Historic Monuments to visit near Trafford include Two Lads, Holy Well Spring, Bury Castle, Worsley Green Monument, and Hyde War Memorial.

Don't miss Rushtons Brook, Holden's Brook, Stones Bank Brook, Cadshaw Brook, Roscow Clough, Dean Brook, and Raveden Brook's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Trafford.

Fox Hill Plantation, Ousel Nest Quarry, Walker Fold Woods, Raveden Clough, Roscow's Tenement Clough, Dean Wood - Rivington, and Rivington Hall Wood are some of Trafford best woodlands to visit near Trafford.

There are a number of geological features near Trafford including Jumbles Fossil Tree, Fairy Battery, The Margery Flags at Rivington Pike, Tigers Clough, and Jepsons Clough.

Ousel Nest Quarry, Doffcocker Lodge, Nob End SSSI, Leverhulme Park, Aspull Sough, Wigan Flashes Local Nature Reserve, and Pennington Flash are some of Trafford best nature reserves to visit near Trafford.

Don't miss Cadshaw, Rivington, Barrow Bridge, Bromley Cross, Chapeltown, Whelley, and Standish's villages if visiting the area around Trafford.

Trafford's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Turton Tower, Prospect Tower, Archway at Turton Tower, Medieval Style Railway Bridge at Turton Tower, Smithills Hall, Sheephouse Farm, and Dean Gate.

Trafford has some unmissable country parks nearby like Smithills Country Park, Moses Gate Country Park, Cutacre Country Park, Hollingworth Country Park, Haigh Country Park, Pennington Flash, and Burrs Country Park.

The area around Trafford features a number of interesting waterfalls 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.

There are a several good events in the area around Trafford like Rivington Pike Easter.

Don't miss Dean Wood - Rivington, Rivington Hall Wood, Horrocks Wood, Old House Ground Plantation, and Etherow Country Park's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Trafford.

Don't miss Nob End SSSI's sssis if visiting the area around Trafford.

Trafford's best nearby parks can be found at Queens Park, Hall Lee Bank Park, Moss Bank Park, Wythenshawe Park and Gardens, Gorton Park, Debdale Park, and Heaton Park.

Don't miss Middlebrook Retail and Leisure Park, Manchester Christmas Markets, The Trafford Centre, and Manchester Arndale's shopping centres if visiting the area around Trafford.

There are a several good gardens in the Trafford area like The Rock Garden, The Walled Garden at Moss Bank, and RHS Garden Bridgewater.

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 are great places to visit near Trafford if you like canals.

Don't miss Salford, and Manchester's cities if visiting the area around Trafford.

Trafford has some unmissable museums nearby like Salford Museum and Art Gallery, and The Imperial War Museum Salford.

There are a several good disused railway lines in the Trafford area like The Old Whelley Line, Lancashire Union Joint Line, Ringley Road Station (ruin), Clifton - Accrington and Colne Line (disused), and Linnyshaw Loopline.

The area close to Trafford boasts some of the best moated sites including Wigan Golf Club.

There are a several good airports in the area around Trafford like Manchester Airport.

Trafford History

There are some historic monuments around Trafford:

• Canal tunnel entrances and wharf
• Bradley Hall moated site
• Swineyard Hall moated site
• Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm
• New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital
• Morley's Hall moated site
• Bridgewater Canal's Barton Aqueduct embankment and retaining walls
• Lime kiln and associated culvert 50m north of Worsley Methodist Church
• Lymm Hall moated site and ice house
• Two cockpits 125m west of Lymm Hall
• Astley Green Colliery: engine house and headgear
• Rixton Old Hall moated site
• Tatton medieval settlement, prehistoric settlement remains, the buried remains of Tatton Old Hall and mill dam
• Wardley Hall moated site, Worsley
• Hough Hall moated site, ancillary enclosure and fishpond
• Watch Hill motte and bailey castle, 450m south of Streethead Farm