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, shopping centres, cities and castles.

Towns to visit near Skelmersdale include Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.

Don't miss Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester's villages if visiting the area around Skelmersdale.

Skelmersdale's best nearby parks can be found at Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.

Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall are some of Skelmersdale best waterfalls to visit near Skelmersdale.

Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough are great places to visit near Skelmersdale if you like woodlands.

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.

Old Mines to visit near Skelmersdale include 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.

Ruins to visit near Skelmersdale include Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).

Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, Astley Hall, Chorley Lodge, Blacko Tower, The Wishing Well at Hollinshead Hall, Hoghton Tower, and Stonyhurst College are some of Skelmersdale best historic buildings to visit near Skelmersdale.

The area around Skelmersdale boasts some of the best ancient sites including 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.

There are a several good historic monuments in the Skelmersdale area like Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.

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.

Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick are great places to visit near Skelmersdale if you like hills.

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

Skelmersdale has some unmissable lakes nearby like High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.

Skelmersdale's best nearby bluebell woods can be found at High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods.

The area around Skelmersdale boasts some of the best geological features including Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, and Sykes Mine.

The area around Skelmersdale boasts some of the best gardens including 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.

Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory is a great place to visit close to Skelmersdale if you like historic sites.

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 are some of Skelmersdale best canals to visit near Skelmersdale.

The area around Skelmersdale features a number of interesting roman sites including Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.

Skelmersdale's best nearby museums can be found at Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.

The area around Skelmersdale features a number of interesting caves including Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.

Places near Skelmersdale feature a number of interesting limestone pavements including Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.

Don't miss Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors's sssis if visiting the area around Skelmersdale.

Skelmersdale's best nearby beaches can be found at Blackpool, and Half Moon Bay.

There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Skelmersdale like The Concourse Shopping Centre.

Cities to visit near Skelmersdale include Preston, and Lancaster.

There are a number of castles near to Skelmersdale including Clitheroe Castle.

Skelmersdale History

There are some historic monuments around Skelmersdale:

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