Treales

Museum of Wigan Life

Scholes Village · 17 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.

Trencherfield Mill

Wigan Pier · 17 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.

Much Hoole Vilage Hall & Leisure Park

Much Hoole · 3.7 miles

Leisure facilities with Tennis & Crown Green Bowls

Museum of Lancashire

Avenham · 6.2 miles

Currently closed due to funding issues.

Gardens Park

Saint Anne's on the Sea · 8.1 miles

This is a park for slightly older children

North Meols Civic Garden

High Park · 8.1 miles

Garden space for public use, created and maintained by a group of volunteers. The garden was planted as the society’s contribution to the bicentenary celebrations of Southport in 1992. The site was originally an ancient orchard. Part of the garden has bec