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Thornton Manor

Thornton Hough · 17 miles

A substantial 19th-century country house dominates the village of Thornton Hough on the Wirral, Merseyside. Recorded as a Grade II* listed building, the manor was erected in the middle of the 1800s on land once owned by the Mostyn family of North Wales. After purchase by solicitor Charles William Potts in 1849, the property changed hands to businessman Thomas Brittain Forwood in 1863 and was subsequently let to William Lever in 1888, who bought it outright in 1893. Lever’s tenure saw a series of extensions: an Elizabethan-style main block designed by Douglas and Fordham around 1896, stables by J.J. Talbot in 1899, a music room in 1902, a later ballroom-turned-swimming pool, a south-front porch in 1906 and a gatehouse in 1910. A major 1913 reconstruction added further Elizabethan wings, while plans for additional enlargement were halted by the First World War. The surrounding park, originally laid out under Forwood, was later refined by Thomas H. Mawson and the Lever family, featuring a lake, a loggia dated 1912, a lookout tower, and a network of tree-lined avenues extending roughly five miles. Today the manor remains in private ownership and is not generally open to the public. It can be hired for weddings and other events, offering the historic interiors and extensive grounds as a venue. Notable recent uses include private political talks in 2019 and a significant fire in early 2022 that required eight fire engines. No regular admission fee or visitor facilities are provided, as access is limited to organised functions.

The Dungeon (SSSI)

Thurstaston · 18 miles

The Dungeon is a 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) situated 1 mile north-west of Heswall, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. The site was notified in 1988 due to its geological features which show the Tarporley Siltstone Formation of the Mercia Mudstone Group.

Gresford Colliery Disaster Monument

Pandy · 3.7 miles

Commemorates the dead of the 22 Sept 1934 Gresford Colliery disaster, in which 266 were killed. The monument itself is the wheel from the headframe of the colliery.

The Venture ICC Wrexham

Caia Park · 5 miles

An ICC or Integrated Children's Centre in Wynnstay, Caia Park, Wrexham. Formerly Wrexham Adventure Playground

Celyn Wood Miniature Railway

Northop · 9.3 miles

Miniature railways is open most fine Sundays April-October

Sick To Death

Chester · 11 miles

Museum depicting the story of medicine through the ages, with a focus on pandemics and plagues.