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Neighbourhood in Oldham
Hathershaw
Greater Manchester, North West
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Days out & attractions in Hathershaw
Days out around Hathershaw – lakes, hills, nature reserves, zoos and more. Each comes with a description, photo, address and map where available.
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🏞️ Lakes & lochs
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⛰️ Hills & peaks
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🌿 Nature reserves
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🦁 Zoos & wildlife parks
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🏛️ Museums
Portland Basin Museum
Ashton-under-Lyne · 3.1 miles
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🌳 Parks & gardens
Clayton Vale
Clayton · 3.7 miles
A stretch of green space along the River Medlock offers a haven for wildlife within the Clayton area of Manchester. Designated as a Local Nature Reserve, the vale provides a natural habitat where visitors can observe a variety of species in a setting that has recovered from an industrial past. The park lies close to the town of Clayton and is marked on OpenStreetMap as a public green area. The landscape bears traces of its former factories and community facilities. In the early nineteenth century the valley accommodated the Bank Bridge Works and a tannery, while a smallpox hospital served seafarers after the Manchester Ship Canal opened. Further downstream the Clayton Vale Print Works and the Culcheth Dye Works operated beside the river, both now vanished but still hinted at by foundation stones in the riverbed. River engineering, including a red-brick lining installed after an 1872 flood, can be seen from the historic Clayton Bridge. The site also hosted Coates Farm, a local inn known as the Bay Horse, and a railway station that functioned from 1846 until its closure in 1968. Following decades of neglect, the Medlock Valley Scheme redeveloped the area in 1986, transforming it into the present-day nature reserve. Access to the vale is via the surrounding streets of Clayton, with the nearest settlement providing the main point of entry. No admission fee or visitor facilities are detailed in the available data, and the area remains open for public enjoyment as a park.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
Tandle Hill Country Park
Thornham Fold · 3.7 miles
Offering extensive beech woodland and open grassland across roughly 110 acres (45 ha), Tandle Hill Country Park lies on the outskirts of Royton in Greater Manchester, close to the settlement of Thornham Fold. The landscape is interlaced with a network of trails and paths that lead into the surrounding countryside, and on clear days the summit affords views of Manchester and the Welsh mountains. Facilities include a countryside centre opened in 1994, picnic areas, a children’s play area and two resident countryside rangers who can provide information and guidance. The hill’s past stretches back to its days as part of the Thornham township within the historic parish of Middleton. In the nineteenth century it served as a meeting point for radicals, prompting the later planting of beech trees to discourage large gatherings. It subsequently became a hunting park and private game reserve belonging to the Thornham Estate, changed hands in 1861, and was eventually gifted to the people of Royton by councillor Norris Bradbury in September 1919 as a peace offering after the First World War. A granite marker near the Oozewood entrance records this donation. The site was formally designated a country park on 1 July 1971. At the highest point stands a Portland-stone war memorial unveiled on 22 October 1921 by the Earl of Derby, commemorating local men who fell in the First World War.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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🏊 Lidos & swimming pools
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🗿 Monuments & memorials
Replica of the old cross
Ashton-under-Lyne · 2.5 miles
The first reference to Ashton market cross comes from local marriage registers of 1854. The ancient cross was replaced in 1763 or 1764 by an oak shaft on a stone base and steps, surmounted by sphere and crown. This probably stood slightly to the south o
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St Paul's Church, Oldham
Coppice · 0.6 miles
Ashton Road, Oldham OL8 1LD
St. Thomas Church, Werneth
Coppice · 0.6 miles
St Thomas's Circle, Oldham OL8 1SE
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are as the crow flies from Hathershaw.
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