Newburgh

Trencherfield Mill

Wigan Pier · 6.8 miles

Located beside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at the historic wharf known as Wigan Pier, Trencherfield Mill is a Grade II-listed cotton-spinning mill built in 1907. The landmark, recorded by Historic England as a heritage feature, forms part of the Wigan Pier regeneration area in the town of Wigan, Greater Manchester. Its four-storey brick structure, with a circular chimney modelled on Venice’s St Mark’s Campanile, stands on the canal bank that once carried coal and finished cloth between the Lancashire pits and the textile factories. The mill’s most visible attraction is the restored 2,500 hp triple-expansion steam engine, originally supplied by J & E Wood of Bolton and halted in 1968. The engine is steamed on selected dates during the year, allowing visitors to hear the 26-foot flywheel and see the 54 ropes in operation. Internally the building has been converted into a mixed-use complex that includes commercial and retail units, leisure facilities, a call centre for EE and BT, and 52 one- and two-bedroom apartments. Access is straightforward via the canal towpath and the town’s rail links on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal corridor; no specific admission charge is mentioned for the engine demonstrations, which form part of the heritage programme organised by Wigan Council.

Museum of Wigan Life

Scholes Village · 6.8 miles

The Museum of Wigan Life is a public museum and local history resource centre in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The nineteenth-century listed building is by the noted architect Alfred Waterhouse. It originally housed Wigan Library, where George Orwell researched his book The Road to Wigan Pier in 1936.

Downall Croft

Downall Green · 8.1 miles

Doorstep Greens (Polygons). The Doorstep Greens initiative provides new or renovated areas of public open space close to people's homes that could be enjoyed permanently by the local community.

North West Museum of Road Transport

St Helens · 9.3 miles

The North West Museum of Road Transport is located at the old St. Helens Corporation Transport bus depot in Hall Street, St Helens, Merseyside, England.

World of Glass

St Helens · 9.9 miles

The World of Glass is a local museum and visitor centre in St Helens, Merseyside, England. The museum is dedicated to the local history of the town and borough primarily through the lens of the glass industry but also looking at other local industries.

Knowsley Safari

Eccleston Lane Ends · 9.9 miles

Located in Prescot, Merseyside, the Knowsley Safari park occupies the historic parklands of Knowsley Hall and is a member of both the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. Opened in July 1971 by Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, together with Jimmy Chipperfield and under the management of Laurence Tennant MBE, the original drive covered 3.5 miles and allowed visitors to see lions, cheetahs, monkeys, giraffes, zebras, elephants and various antelopes. An extra 1.5 miles of track was added in 1973 when camels, buffaloes, white rhinos and tigers joined the collection. The park continues to support conservation and research through links with projects and universities in Liverpool, Chester and Manchester, and it was the filming location for the Channel 4 series *Secret Life of the Safari Park*. Today guests circulate the reserve in their own cars, with a dedicated bypass to avoid the olive baboons that are known to explore vehicle roof boxes. The Amur Tiger Trail, opened on 25 May 2018, provides a 10 000 m² forested enclosure for Siberian tigers, while the Equatorial Trail houses South American tapir, sitatunga, rhea and capybara and includes the small Equatorial Express train for an elevated view. A 381 mm gauge Lakeside Railway runs through parts of the site, and additional activities such as paintballing, off-road challenges and aerial ropewalks are available. The foot-safari area displays species ranging from Nubian giraffe and Andean bear to European bison and Iberian wolf. Admission is subject to a charge and opening times are published on the park’s listing; the nearest settlement is Eccleston Lane Ends. Facilities include visitor amenities and the railway, and the park continues breeding programmes, exemplified by the Southern White Rhinoceros herd that produced its 19th calf, Nomvula, in January 2016.