Heap Bridge
Heap Bridge is a Village in the county of Greater Manchester.
Heap Bridge postcode: BL9 7JN
There are great places to visit near Heap Bridge 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.
Don't miss Bolton, Westhoughton, Horwich, Little Lever, Salford Quays, Rochdale, and Littleborough's towns if visiting the area around Heap Bridge.
Winter Hill, Winter Hill Summit, Adam Hill, Crooked Edge Hill, Whimberry Hill, The Great Knoll, and Burnt Edge are great places to visit near Heap Bridge if you like hills.
Hiking Areas to visit near Heap Bridge include Shaly Dingle, Winter Hill Summit, Hole Bottom, Hole Bottom Mining Area, Crooked Edge Hill, Whimberry Hill, and Burnt Edge.
The area around Heap Bridge boasts some of the best 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).
Heap Bridge has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Winter Hill Tumulus, White Brow Cairn, Noon Hill, Two Lads, Hanging Stone, Rivington Cup Marked Stone, and Rainsough Hill Camp.
The area around Heap Bridge features a number of interesting round cairns including 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 some of Heap Bridge best ruins to visit near Heap Bridge.
The area around Heap Bridge boasts some of the best historic sites including Hole Bottom, Winter Hill Brick and Tile Works, and Hole Bottom Mining Area.
There are a several good lakes in the Heap Bridge area like 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 Heap Bridge boasts some of the best historic monuments including Two Lads, Holy Well Spring, Bury Castle, Worsley Green Monument, and Hyde War Memorial.
Rivers and Streams to visit near Heap Bridge include 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 Heap Bridge 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 Heap Bridge.
Don't miss Ousel Nest Quarry, Doffcocker Lodge, Nob End SSSI, Leverhulme Park, Aspull Sough, Wigan Flashes Local Nature Reserve, and Pennington Flash's nature reserves if visiting the area around Heap Bridge.
There are a number of villages near Heap Bridge including Cadshaw, Rivington, Barrow Bridge, Bromley Cross, Chapeltown, Whelley, and Standish.
There are a several good historic buildings in the Heap Bridge 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 Heap Bridge boasts some of the best 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 several good waterfalls in the Heap Bridge area like 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.
Don't miss Rivington Pike Easter's events if visiting the area around Heap Bridge.
The area around Heap Bridge features a number of interesting bluebell woods including Dean Wood - Rivington, Rivington Hall Wood, Horrocks Wood, Old House Ground Plantation, and Etherow Country Park.
There are a several good sssis in the area around Heap Bridge like Nob End SSSI.
Heap Bridge has some unmissable parks nearby like Queens Park, Hall Lee Bank Park, Moss Bank Park, Wythenshawe Park and Gardens, Gorton Park, Debdale Park, and Heaton Park.
Heap Bridge's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Middlebrook Retail and Leisure Park, Manchester Christmas Markets, The Trafford Centre, and Manchester Arndale.
The area around Heap Bridge boasts some of the best gardens including The Rock Garden, The Walled Garden at Moss Bank, and RHS Garden Bridgewater.
There are a number of canals near Heap Bridge 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.
Salford, and Manchester are some of Heap Bridge best cities to visit near Heap Bridge.
The area around Heap Bridge features a number of interesting museums including Salford Museum and Art Gallery, The Imperial War Museum Salford, and Lancashire Mining Museum at Astley Green.
Heap Bridge has some unmissable disused railway lines nearby like The Old Whelley Line, Lancashire Union Joint Line, Ringley Road Station (ruin), Clifton - Accrington and Colne Line (disused), and Linnyshaw Loopline.
The area around Heap Bridge's best moated sites can be found at Wigan Golf Club.
Places near Heap Bridge feature a number of interesting airports including Manchester Airport.
Heap Bridge History
There are some historic monuments around Heap Bridge:
