Skelmersdale is a Town in the county of Lancashire.

Skelmersdale postcode: WN8 6ES

Retail in Skelmersdale

There are great places to visit near Skelmersdale including some great towns, villages, parks, waterfalls, woodlands, rivers and streams, old mines, ruins, historic buildings, ancient sites, historic monuments, hiking areas, hills, round cairns, lakes, bluebell woods, geological features, gardens, country parks, nature reserves, historic sites, canals, roman sites, museums, caves, limestone pavements, sssis, beaches, attractions, shopping centres, cities and castles.

There are a number of towns near Skelmersdale including Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.

Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester are some of Skelmersdale best villages to visit near Skelmersdale.

Don't miss Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park's parks if visiting the area around Skelmersdale.

Skelmersdale has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.

There are a several good woodlands in the Skelmersdale area like Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.

The area around Skelmersdale boasts some of the best rivers and streams including Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.

The area around Skelmersdale boasts some of the best old mines including Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Lead Mines Clough Lead Mines, Coppice Stile Lead Mine Trial, White Coppice Lead Mine, Duxbury Park Colliery (ruin), Ellerbeck Collieries (ruin), and Sykes Mine.

Skelmersdale has some unmissable ruins nearby like Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).

Historic Buildings to visit near Skelmersdale include Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, Astley Hall, Chorley Lodge, Belmont Paper Mills (Derelict), Blacko Tower, The Wishing Well at Hollinshead Hall, and Hoghton Tower.

Skelmersdale has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, The Quernmore Burial, Standing Stones Hill, Pikestones Chambered Long Cairn, Jepsons Gate Cairn, Black Coppice Chambered Cairn, and Dog Holes Cave.

Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge are some of Skelmersdale best historic monuments to visit near Skelmersdale.

Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice are great places to visit near Skelmersdale if you like hiking areas.

There are a several good hills in the Skelmersdale area like Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.

The area close to Skelmersdale boasts some of the best round cairns including Jepsons Gate Cairn.

There are a several good lakes in the Skelmersdale area like High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.

The area around Skelmersdale features a number of interesting bluebell woods including High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods.

Skelmersdale has some unmissable geological features nearby like Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones.

There are a several good gardens in the Skelmersdale area like The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.

There are a several good country parks in the Skelmersdale area like Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.

There are a several good nature reserves in the Skelmersdale area like Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood.

There are a number of historic sites near to Skelmersdale including Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.

Skelmersdale's best nearby canals can be found at Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Heath Charnock, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Higher Wheelton, Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Summit to Wigan Section, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Adlington, Lancaster Canal at Bolton-le-Sands, and Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Rufford Branch.

The area around Skelmersdale boasts some of the best roman sites including Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.

Don't miss Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston's museums if visiting the area around Skelmersdale.

Don't miss Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot's caves if visiting the area around Skelmersdale.

The area around Skelmersdale's best limestone pavements can be found at Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.

There are a several good sssis in the Skelmersdale area like Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.

The area around Skelmersdale features a number of interesting beaches including Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.

Skelmersdale's best nearby attractions can be found at Madame Tussauds Blackpool, The Big One, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Places near Skelmersdale feature a number of interesting shopping centres including The Concourse Shopping Centre.

The area around Skelmersdale boasts some of the best cities including Preston, and Lancaster.

The area around Skelmersdale's best castles can be found at Clitheroe Castle.

Skelmersdale History

There are some historic monuments around Skelmersdale:

• Moated site at Bickerstaffe Hall.
• Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels
• Boar's Den bowl barrow
• Cross Hall moated site
• Roman Fort and sections of Roman Roads
• Winstanley moated site and five fishponds
• Ruins of the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury in the Roman Catholic cemetery in Windlehurst
• Up Holland Benedictine priory
• Burscough Augustinian Priory
• Rufford moated site
• Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood
• Standing cross south of the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury in the cemetery at Windlehurst
• Mossborough Hall moated site