Kirkham
Kirkham is a Town in the county of Lancashire.
There are great places to visit near Kirkham 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.
Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool are some of Kirkham best towns to visit near Kirkham.
Don't miss Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester's villages if visiting the area around Kirkham.
The area around Kirkham boasts some of the best parks including 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 great places to visit near Kirkham if you like waterfalls.
The area around Kirkham boasts some of the best woodlands including Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.
There are a number of rivers and streams near Kirkham including Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.
Kirkham's best nearby old mines can be found at 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.
Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin) are great places to visit near Kirkham if you like ruins.
There are a several good historic buildings in the Kirkham area like 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.
Kirkham's best nearby ancient sites can be found at 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.
The area around Kirkham boasts some of the best historic monuments including 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 some of Kirkham best hiking areas to visit near Kirkham.
The area around Kirkham boasts some of the best hills including Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.
The area close to Kirkham boasts some of the best round cairns including Jepsons Gate Cairn.
Kirkham 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.
Don't miss High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Kirkham.
Kirkham 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.
The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower are some of Kirkham best gardens to visit near Kirkham.
Don't miss Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Kirkham.
Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood are great places to visit near Kirkham if you like nature reserves.
Don't miss Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory's historic sites if visiting the area around Kirkham.
Kirkham has some unmissable canals nearby like 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.
Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum are some of Kirkham best roman sites to visit near Kirkham.
Kirkham has some unmissable museums nearby like Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.
Kirkham's best nearby caves can be found at Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.
There are a number of limestone pavements near to Kirkham including Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.
Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors are great places to visit near Kirkham if you like sssis.
There are a number of beaches near Kirkham including Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.
Don't miss Madame Tussauds Blackpool, The Big One, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach's attractions if visiting the area around Kirkham.
Places near Kirkham feature a number of interesting shopping centres including The Concourse Shopping Centre.
There are a number of cities near Kirkham including Preston, and Lancaster.
There are a several good castles in the area around Kirkham like Clitheroe Castle.
Kirkham History
There are some historic monuments around Kirkham:
Places to see near Kirkham
History of Kirkham
In the 15th and 16th centuries Kirkham remained a small market town. But from the late 17th century the town grew into a thriving textile centre. From 1830 sailcloth was being woven in cottages in the town and later at the Flax Mill, built in 1861 by John Birley. Kirkham Grammar School was founded in 1549 but the original building no longer exists. In 1792 a Roman brass shield boss was discovered by local schoolmaster John Willacy, in the Dow Brook, in Mill Hill Field. Willacy sold the shield to a Scotsman but it found its way to the Charles Townley collection in Burnley and from there to the British Museum. The oval shield, about 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter, bore the representation of a human figure, seated, with an eagle to the left and an athlete at the side. In 1887 a memorial was erected, at Town End, to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The memorial was later moved to a site adjacent to the United Reformed Church.
