Skelmersdale is a Town in the county of Lancashire.

Skelmersdale postcode: WN8 6ES

Retail in Skelmersdale

There are great places to visit near Skelmersdale 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.

The area around Skelmersdale features a number of interesting towns including Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.

Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester are some of Skelmersdale best villages to visit near Skelmersdale.

The area around Skelmersdale 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 Skelmersdale 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.

The area around Skelmersdale boasts some of the best woodlands including Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.

Skelmersdale has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.

Old Mines to visit near Skelmersdale 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.

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

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 great places to visit near Skelmersdale if you like historic buildings.

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 are some of Skelmersdale best ancient sites to visit near Skelmersdale.

Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge are great places to visit near Skelmersdale if you like historic monuments.

There are a number of hiking areas near Skelmersdale including Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.

There are a several good hills in the Skelmersdale area like Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.

There are a number of round cairns near to Skelmersdale including Jepsons Gate Cairn.

High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir are some of Skelmersdale best lakes to visit near Skelmersdale.

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

There are a number of geological features near Skelmersdale including Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones.

The area around Skelmersdale features a number of interesting gardens including The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.

There are a several good country parks in the Skelmersdale area like Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.

Don't miss Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood's nature reserves if visiting the area around Skelmersdale.

Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory is a great place to visit close to Skelmersdale if you like historic sites.

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

Don't miss Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston's museums if visiting the area around Skelmersdale.

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

There are a number of limestone pavements near to Skelmersdale including Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.

Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors are great places to visit near Skelmersdale if you like sssis.

Beaches to visit near Skelmersdale include Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.

The area around Skelmersdale boasts some of the best attractions including Madame Tussauds Blackpool, The Big One, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

The Concourse Shopping Centre is a great place to visit close to Skelmersdale if you like shopping centres.

There are a number of cities near Skelmersdale including Preston, and Lancaster.

Skelmersdale is near some unmissable castles like Clitheroe Castle,

Skelmersdale History

There are some historic monuments around Skelmersdale:

• Winstanley moated site and five fishponds
• Up Holland Benedictine priory
• Cross Hall moated site
• Burscough Augustinian Priory
• Rufford moated site
• Boar's Den bowl barrow
• Mossborough Hall moated site
• Ruins of the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury in the Roman Catholic cemetery in Windlehurst
• Standing cross south of the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury in the cemetery at Windlehurst
• Roman Fort and sections of Roman Roads
• Moated site at Bickerstaffe Hall.
• Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels
• Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood