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, shopping centres, cities and castles.

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

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

Skelmersdale has some unmissable parks nearby like Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.

There are a number of waterfalls near Skelmersdale including Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.

Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough are some of Skelmersdale best woodlands to visit near Skelmersdale.

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.

The area around Skelmersdale 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.

There are a number of ruins near Skelmersdale including 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 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 great places to visit near Skelmersdale if you like ancient sites.

Historic Monuments to visit near Skelmersdale include Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.

The area around Skelmersdale features a number of interesting hiking areas 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.

Jepsons Gate Cairn is one of Skelmersdale's best, nearby round cairns to visit in Skelmersdale.

Lakes to visit near Skelmersdale include High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.

There are a several good bluebell woods in the Skelmersdale area like 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.

There are a several good gardens in the Skelmersdale area like 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 great places to visit near Skelmersdale if you like country parks.

There are a several good nature reserves in the Skelmersdale area like Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood.

Don't miss Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory's historic sites if visiting the area around Skelmersdale.

The area around Skelmersdale 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.

There are a several good roman sites in the Skelmersdale area like Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.

Skelmersdale has some unmissable museums nearby like Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.

There are a number of caves near Skelmersdale including Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.

Limestone Pavements to visit near Skelmersdale include Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.

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

The area around Skelmersdale features a number of interesting beaches including Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.

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

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

Clitheroe Castle is a great place to visit close to Skelmersdale if you like castles.

Skelmersdale History

There are some historic monuments around Skelmersdale:

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