Fearn’s Swing Bridge

Fearn’s Swing Bridge is a bridge in Tarleton, West Lancashire District, England. Fearn’s Swing Bridge is situated near Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch), as well as near the forest Longshaw Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Rufford Old Hall and Cottage, coach house and stables, Rufford Old Hall.

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 1¼ miles south of Fearn’s Swing Bridge.

Cottage, coach house and stables, Rufford Old Hall

Heritage site

Photo: Peter James, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cottage, coach house and stables, Rufford Old Hall is a heritage site, which is situated 1¼ miles south of Fearn’s Swing Bridge.

Rufford New Hall

House

Photo: John Preston Neale, Public domain.

Rufford New Hall is a former country house that belonged to the Heskeths who were lords of the manor of Rufford, Lancashire, England. It replaced Rufford Old Hall as their residence in 1760. Rufford New Hall is situated 1 mile south of Fearn’s Swing Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sollom and Bispham Green.

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.

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 Fearn’s Swing Bridge.

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 4 miles north of Fearn’s Swing Bridge.

Fearn’s Swing Bridge

Type: Bridge
Category: transport
Location: Tarleton, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.65493° or 53° 39′ 18″ north

Longitude

-2.82228° or 2° 49′ 20″ west

Open location code

9C5VM53H+X3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 942337676

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) and Longshaw Wood.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Fearn’s Farm and Rufford by Sandy Lane.

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