Bailrigg is a Village in the county of Lancashire.

Bailrigg postcode: LA1 4XP

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There are great places to visit near Bailrigg 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.

Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool are some of Bailrigg best towns to visit near Bailrigg.

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

The area around Bailrigg boasts some of the best parks including Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.

The area around Bailrigg boasts some of the best waterfalls including Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.

Bailrigg's best nearby woodlands can be found at Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.

Bailrigg's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.

The area around Bailrigg features a number of interesting 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.

Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin) are some of Bailrigg best ruins to visit near Bailrigg.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Bailrigg 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.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Bailrigg area 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 Bailrigg best historic monuments to visit near Bailrigg.

The area around Bailrigg boasts some of the best hiking areas including Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.

There are a number of hills near Bailrigg including Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.

Jepsons Gate Cairn is a great place to visit close to Bailrigg if you like round cairns.

High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir are great places to visit near Bailrigg if you like lakes.

High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods are some of Bailrigg best bluebell woods to visit near Bailrigg.

Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones are great places to visit near Bailrigg if you like geological features.

There are a number of gardens near Bailrigg including The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.

Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park are some of Bailrigg best country parks to visit near Bailrigg.

Nature Reserves to visit near Bailrigg include Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood.

Historic Sites to visit near Bailrigg include Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.

Bailrigg'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.

Bailrigg has some unmissable roman sites nearby like Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.

Museums to visit near Bailrigg include Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.

Bailrigg'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 Bailrigg including Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.

Bailrigg has some unmissable sssis nearby like Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.

There are a number of beaches near Bailrigg including Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.

Bailrigg is near some unmissable shopping centres like The Concourse Shopping Centre,

Preston, and Lancaster are great places to visit near Bailrigg if you like cities.

Clitheroe Castle is one of Bailrigg's best, nearby castles to visit in Bailrigg.

Bailrigg History

There are some historic monuments around Bailrigg:

• Skerton Bridge
• High cross in St Wilfrid's churchyard, Halton
• Glass melting and annealing workshop; part of Shrigley and Hunt's stained glass manufacturing workshops
• Castle Hill motte and bailey, Halton
• Remains of the gas plant, chimney, wheel pit and mill race of Dolphinholme Worsted Mill
• Cockersand Premonstratensian Abbey
• Askew Heights univallate prehistoric defended enclosure and hollow way
• Glasson Dock
• Castle Hill motte, Dolphinholme
• Roman kilns 25yds (20m) NE of Fairyhill Cottage
• Part of a Roman fort and its associated vicus and remains of a pre-Conquest monastery and a Benedictine priory on Castle Hill
• Torrisholme bowl barrow