Cockerham

Cockerham is an area of Lancaster in the county of Lancashire.

There are great places to visit near Cockerham 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 great places to visit near Cockerham if you like towns.

Villages to visit near Cockerham include Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.

Don't miss Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park's parks if visiting the area around Cockerham.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Cockerham area like Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.

Don't miss Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough's woodlands if visiting the area around Cockerham.

Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth are great places to visit near Cockerham if you like rivers and streams.

Old Mines to visit near Cockerham 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.

The area around Cockerham features a number of interesting ruins including Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).

There are a number of historic buildings near Cockerham including 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.

Ancient Sites to visit near Cockerham include 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 great places to visit near Cockerham if you like historic monuments.

The area around Cockerham 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.

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

Jepsons Gate Cairn is a great place to visit close to Cockerham 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 Cockerham if you like lakes.

Bluebell Woods to visit near Cockerham include High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods.

Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones are some of Cockerham best geological features to visit near Cockerham.

The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower are some of Cockerham best gardens to visit near Cockerham.

Cockerham's best nearby country parks can be found at Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.

Cockerham has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood.

There are a number of historic sites near to Cockerham including Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.

Don't miss 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's canals if visiting the area around Cockerham.

The area around Cockerham boasts some of the best roman sites including Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.

There are a several good museums in the Cockerham area like Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.

The area around Cockerham boasts some of the best caves including Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.

Cockerham is near some unmissable limestone pavements like Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement,

Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors are some of Cockerham best sssis to visit near Cockerham.

Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf are some of Cockerham best beaches to visit near Cockerham.

Attractions to visit near Cockerham include Madame Tussauds Blackpool, The Big One, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

There are a number of shopping centres near to Cockerham including The Concourse Shopping Centre.

Don't miss Preston, and Lancaster's cities if visiting the area around Cockerham.

Places near Cockerham feature a number of interesting castles including Clitheroe Castle.

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