Besses o' th' Barn is a Area in the county of Greater Manchester.

Retail in Besses o' th' Barn

There are great places to visit near Besses o' th' Barn 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, 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 Besses o' th' Barn including Bolton, Westhoughton, Horwich, Little Lever, Salford Quays, Rochdale, and Littleborough.

Winter Hill, Winter Hill Summit, Adam Hill, Crooked Edge Hill, Whimberry Hill, The Great Knoll, and Burnt Edge are great places to visit near Besses o' th' Barn if you like hills.

Besses o' th' Barn has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Shaly Dingle, Winter Hill Summit, Hole Bottom, Hole Bottom Mining Area, Crooked Edge Hill, Whimberry Hill, and Burnt Edge.

Besses o' th' Barn has some unmissable old mines nearby like 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).

Winter Hill Tumulus, White Brow Cairn, Noon Hill, Two Lads, Hanging Stone, Rivington Cup Marked Stone, and Rainsough Hill Camp are great places to visit near Besses o' th' Barn if you like ancient sites.

Round Cairns to visit near Besses o' th' Barn include Winter Hill Tumulus, White Brow Cairn, and Noon Hill.

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) are great places to visit near Besses o' th' Barn if you like ruins.

Besses o' th' Barn's best nearby historic sites can be found at Hole Bottom, Winter Hill Brick and Tile Works, and Hole Bottom Mining Area.

There are a number of lakes near Besses o' th' Barn including Reservoir Of Dean Mills, The Turton Reservoirs, Turton and Entwistle Reservoir, Jumbles Reservoir, Wayoh Reservoir, Rivington Lakes And Reservoirs, and Yarrow Reservoir.

The area around Besses o' th' Barn boasts some of the best historic monuments including Two Lads, Holy Well Spring, Bury Castle, Worsley Green Monument, and Hyde War Memorial.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the Besses o' th' Barn area like Rushtons Brook, Holden's Brook, Stones Bank Brook, Cadshaw Brook, Roscow Clough, Dean Brook, and Raveden Brook.

There are a several good woodlands in the Besses o' th' Barn area like Fox Hill Plantation, Ousel Nest Quarry, Walker Fold Woods, Raveden Clough, Roscow's Tenement Clough, Dean Wood - Rivington, and Rivington Hall Wood.

Don't miss Jumbles Fossil Tree, Fairy Battery, The Margery Flags at Rivington Pike, Tigers Clough, and Jepsons Clough's geological features if visiting the area around Besses o' th' Barn.

Besses o' th' Barn has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Ousel Nest Quarry, Doffcocker Lodge, Nob End SSSI, Leverhulme Park, Aspull Sough, Wigan Flashes Local Nature Reserve, and Pennington Flash.

There are a several good villages in the Besses o' th' Barn area like Cadshaw, Rivington, Barrow Bridge, Bromley Cross, Chapeltown, Whelley, and Standish.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Besses o' th' Barn area like Turton Tower, Prospect Tower, Archway at Turton Tower, Medieval Style Railway Bridge at Turton Tower, Smithills Hall, Sheephouse Farm, and Dean Gate.

The area around Besses o' th' Barn features a number of interesting country parks including Smithills Country Park, Moses Gate Country Park, Cutacre Country Park, Hollingworth Country Park, Haigh Country Park, Pennington Flash, and Burrs Country Park.

There are a number of waterfalls near Besses o' th' Barn 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.

Besses o' th' Barn is near some unmissable events like Rivington Pike Easter,

Dean Wood - Rivington, Rivington Hall Wood, Horrocks Wood, Old House Ground Plantation, and Etherow Country Park are great places to visit near Besses o' th' Barn if you like bluebell woods.

There are a several good sssis in the area around Besses o' th' Barn like Nob End SSSI.

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 Besses o' th' Barn if you like parks.

Shopping Centres to visit near Besses o' th' Barn include Middlebrook Retail and Leisure Park, Manchester Christmas Markets, The Trafford Centre, and Manchester Arndale.

Gardens to visit near Besses o' th' Barn include The Rock Garden, The Walled Garden at Moss Bank, and RHS Garden Bridgewater.

The area around Besses o' th' Barn boasts some of the best canals 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.

Besses o' th' Barn has some unmissable cities nearby like Salford, and Manchester.

Besses o' th' Barn's best nearby museums can be found at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, The Imperial War Museum Salford, and Lancashire Mining Museum at Astley Green.

The Old Whelley Line, Lancashire Union Joint Line, Ringley Road Station (ruin), Clifton - Accrington and Colne Line (disused), and Linnyshaw Loopline are great places to visit near Besses o' th' Barn if you like disused railway lines.

Wigan Golf Club is one of Besses o' th' Barn's best, nearby moated sites to visit in Besses o' th' Barn.

The area around Besses o' th' Barn's best airports can be found at Manchester Airport.

Besses o' th' Barn History

There are some historic monuments around Besses o' th' Barn:

• Bridgewater Canal's Barton Aqueduct embankment and retaining walls
• Affetside Cross at Affetside 75m north west of the Pack Horse Inn
• Wardley Hall moated site, Worsley
• Lime kiln and associated culvert 50m north of Worsley Methodist Church
• Canal tunnel entrances and wharf
• Medieval moated site and later fortified manor house known as Bury Castle 100m west of the parish church
• Promontory fort called Castlesteads on the east bank of the Irwell 550m SSE of Banks Farm
• Ringley Old Bridge
• Remains of eastern wall of the Roman fort
• Section of an early medieval boundary ditch known as the Nico Ditch in Platt Fields 480m SSE of Platt Hall
• The Hanging Bridge immediately south of Manchester Cathedral
• Radcliffe Tower and site of hall 100m south west of the parish church in Radcliffe