Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch)

Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) is a canal in Tarleton, West Lancashire District, England. Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) is situated nearby to Strand Bridge, as well as near Fearn’s Swing Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bank Hall and Rufford Old Hall.

Bank Hall

Heritage site

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Bank Hall is a Jacobean mansion in Bretherton, Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and is at the centre of its own private estate, surrounded by parkland. Bank Hall is situated 1 mile north of Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch).

Rufford Old Hall

Manor estate

Photo: Doug Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rufford Old Hall is a National Trust property in Rufford, Lancashire, in north-west England. Built in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth centuries for the Hesketh family, only the great hall survives from the original structure. Rufford Old Hall is situated 1½ miles south of Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch).

St Mary’s Church

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church on the A59 road as it passes to the south of the village of Tarleton, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St Mary’s Church is situated 1 mile north of Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sollom and Hesketh Bank.

Sollom

Hamlet

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Sollom is a hamlet in the parish of Tarleton, in Lancashire, England. It lies south of Tarleton and north of Rufford on the A59 road, giving the village good links to Preston, Southport and Liverpool.

Hesketh Bank

Village

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Hesketh Bank is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England, 7 miles north-east of Southport and 7 miles south-west of Preston. The village is within the civil parish of Hesketh-with-Becconsall, which includes the village of Becconsall immediately to the south and which borders the Ribble Estuary to the north. Hesketh Bank is situated 3½ miles north of Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch).

Bispham Green

Village

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Bispham Green is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is 1 mile south of Mawdesley and less than 1 mile north of Parbold. Bispham Green is situated 3½ miles southeast of Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch).

Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch)

Type: Canal
Category: body of water
Location: Tarleton, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.65973° or 53° 39′ 35″ north

Longitude

-2.81771° or 2° 49′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C5VM55J+VW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 942329286

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=canal

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