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Bolton, in the county of Lancashire (0.8 miles, 1.4 km)
The clogs and black smoke image of Bolton has long since gone, in its place is a fine city with beautiful buildings and a diverse range of attractions sufficient to satisfy the most demanding tourist.
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Edgworth, in the county of Lancashire (4.6 miles, 7.3 km, direction N)
This attractive hillside village occupies a pleasant rural location close to two pretty reservoirs and the historic house known as Turton Tower.
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Ramsbottom, in the county of Greater Manchester (6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction NE)
The countryside surrounding the town offers lakes, woods and hills, with distant Winter Hill rising to a height of 456 feet.
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Salford, in the county of Greater Manchester (8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction SE)
The City of Salford lies at the heart of the Metropolis known as Greater Manchester in an area where cotton was once king and its mill workers were portrayed for posterity by acclaimed 20th-century artist L.S.Lowry.
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Wigan, in the county of Greater Manchester (9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction W)
Wigan is a sociable town with a long history, it received it's Royal charter in the middle of the 13th-century, but prior to that the Roman's had built a settlement here.
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Chorley, in the county of Lancashire (9.7 miles, 15.5 km, direction NW)
The town's historic roots go back beyond the Bronze-Age, as evidenced by findings in the 20th century.
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Manchester, a Historic City in the county of Greater Manchester (10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction SE)
A thriving truly cosmopolitan city with a great mixture of new and old. The capital of the north
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Oswaldtwistle, in the county of Lancashire (10.9 miles, 17.6 km, direction N)
This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington.
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Hoghton, in the county of Lancashire (11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction NW)
It was here that James I created "Sirloin" when he supposedly knighted his beef!
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Accrington, in the county of Lancashire (11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction N)
Some of the town's loveliest architecture comes from the Victorian era, this can be seen in the elegant Victorian Market Hall with its clock and rich display of sculpture.
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Altrincham, a Historic Market Town in the county of Greater Manchester (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction S)
First developed as a quiet hamlet on the edge of the sweeping Cheshire Plain, where life went quietly on.
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Audenshaw, in the county of Greater Manchester (14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction SE)
Audenshaw is a suburb of Greater Manchester. It is probably best known for its reservoirs and the busy waters of the Ashton canal, beside which visitors can see clusters of delightful canal-side properties.
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Reddish, in the county of Greater Manchester (14.8 miles, 23.9 km, direction SE)
This is a densely populated area of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It is fortunate to be close to the edge of Cheshire, thus residents have the benefit of being within easy reach of some attractive countryside.
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Warrington, in the county of Cheshire (15.2 miles, 24.4 km, direction SW)
This town can claim to have something made for Queen Victoria, which was famously rejected by her - this is the pair of Golden Gates made in 1850 for Sandringham House.
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Croston, a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction W)
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