Skitham
Skitham is a Village in the county of Lancashire.
There are great places to visit near Skitham 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 great places to visit near Skitham if you like towns.
Skitham has some unmissable villages nearby like Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.
There are a several good parks in the Skitham area like Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.
The area around Skitham 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.
The area around Skitham boasts some of the best woodlands including Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough.
Skitham 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.
Skitham has some unmissable old mines nearby like 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 Skitham including Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin).
Historic Buildings to visit near Skitham include 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 number of ancient sites near Skitham including 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.
Skitham's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.
Hiking Areas to visit near Skitham include Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.
Don't miss Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick's hills if visiting the area around Skitham.
There are a several good round cairns in the area around Skitham like 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 great places to visit near Skitham if you like lakes.
The area around Skitham features a number of interesting bluebell woods including 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 great places to visit near Skitham if you like geological features.
The area around Skitham boasts some of the best gardens including The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.
Country Parks to visit near Skitham include Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.
Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood are some of Skitham best nature reserves to visit near Skitham.
Historic Sites to visit near Skitham include Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.
The area around Skitham 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.
Roman Sites to visit near Skitham include Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.
Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston are some of Skitham best museums to visit near Skitham.
Skitham has some unmissable caves nearby like Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.
There are a number of limestone pavements near to Skitham including Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.
Skitham's best nearby sssis can be found at Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.
There are a number of beaches near Skitham including Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.
Don't miss The Concourse Shopping Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Skitham.
Skitham's best nearby cities can be found at Preston, and Lancaster.
Places near Skitham feature a number of interesting castles including Clitheroe Castle.
Skitham History
There are some historic monuments around Skitham: