Newton

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

There are great places to visit near Newton 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.

Newton has some unmissable towns nearby like Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.

There are a several good villages in the Newton area like Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.

Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park are great places to visit near Newton if you like parks.

The area around Newton features a number of interesting waterfalls including Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.

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

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 Newton if you like rivers and streams.

There are a number of old mines near Newton 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.

Newton's best nearby ruins can be found at Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).

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 are some of Newton best historic buildings to visit near Newton.

Newton has some unmissable ancient sites nearby 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 great places to visit near Newton if you like historic monuments.

The area around Newton 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 some of Newton best hills to visit near Newton.

The area close to Newton boasts some of the best round cairns including Jepsons Gate Cairn.

Don't miss High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir's lakes if visiting the area around Newton.

Don't miss High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Newton.

There are a number of geological features near Newton including 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 great places to visit near Newton if you like gardens.

The area around Newton features a number of interesting country parks including Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.

The area around Newton features a number of interesting nature reserves including 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 Newton include Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.

The area around Newton boasts some of the best canals including 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.

The area around Newton features a number of interesting roman sites including Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.

There are a number of museums near Newton including Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.

There are a several good caves in the Newton area like Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.

There are a several good limestone pavements in the area around Newton like Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.

SSSIs to visit near Newton include Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.

The area around Newton boasts some of the best beaches including Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.

The area close to Newton boasts some of the best shopping centres including The Concourse Shopping Centre.

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

Castles to visit near Newton include Clitheroe Castle.

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