Pictures of England

Search:

Historic Towns & Picturesque Villages

Royal Observatory Greenwich

Greenwich

in the county of Greater London

Bateman's tower, Brightlingsea, Essex. New Years Day 2006

Brightlingsea

a Seaside Town in the county of Essex

Recommended Towns & Villages near Thornley with Wheatley

Chipping in Lancashire. Village centre

Chipping (75 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (1.5 miles, 2.5 km, direction N)

Winner of Britain in Bloom in 2009, and RHS Tourism and Gold achievement awards, Chipping is a charming village located above a fast flowing stream at the edge of the Bowland forest. Its character can be seen in its ancient cobbled streets and lovely 17th century properties...

River Ribble

Ribchester (78 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction S)

A picturesque village in the Ribble Valley..

Stonyhurst College, near Hurst Green, Lancashire

Hurst Green (207 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction SE)

This pretty Lancastrian villages the setting for historic Stoneyhurst, a noted school which was founded in the 16th-century...

St. Huberts

Dunsop Bridge (70 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction N)

..

Quiet country lane near Waddington.

Waddington (29 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (6.2 miles, 9.9 km, direction E)

..

St Andrews Church

Slaidburn (55 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (8.7 miles, 13.9 km, direction NE)

An eye catching place with a pretty village green and a scattering of stone cottages set in an idyllic spot on the banks of the River Hodder...

St Thomas's Church. 1830s. Moor Lane, Preston, Lancashire. UK.

Preston (68 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (8.9 miles, 14.4 km, direction SW)

This is the town that was at the centre of the cotton spinning industry for well over a hundred and fifty years. ..

Scorton Priory gateway, Scorton Village, Nr. Garstang, Lancashire.

Scorton (3 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction NW)

The picturesque village of Scorton lies to the west of the Bowland Forest beneath the shadow of Calder Fell, in an area much famed for its sparkling streams, fells and forest glades inhabited by wildlife...

Hoghton Tower, Lancashire

Hoghton (12 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction S)

It was here that James I created "Sirloin" when he supposedly knighted his beef!..

Oswaldtwistle Town Hall & Civic Theater, Union Road, Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle (30 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction SE)

This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington...

Town Hall, Accrington

Accrington (57 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction SE)

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...

Padiham, Lancashire

Padiham (18 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SE)

Padiham is a thriving Lancashire town lying on the Calder River. It is most famous as the home of Gawthorpe Hall, a noted country estate built early in the 17th-century for the.....

Chorley, Lancashire, from Hurst Hill with Anglezark resevoir in foreground

Chorley (34 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction S)

The town's historic roots go back beyond the Bronze-Age, as evidenced by findings in the 20th century...

Picture of Lancaster taken from the Ashton Memorial

Lancaster (142 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (15.8 miles, 25.5 km, direction NW)

This is a city which long ago lost it's grim clogs and mill image to give way to a fast growing city with a fine reputation as a centre of commerce and culture where bright, modern University buildings sit comfortably with Lancaster's historic areas...

Wayoh Reservoir, Edgworth, Lancashire

Edgworth (25 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction SE)

This attractive hillside village occupies a pleasant rural location close to two pretty reservoirs and the historic house known as Turton Tower...

Overlooking Paper Mill in Ramsbottom from St.Catherines Way.

Ramsbottom (11 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (18.0 miles, 28.9 km, direction SE)

The countryside surrounding the town offers lakes, woods and hills, with distant Winter Hill rising to a height of 456 feet...

Limestone scenery above Settle, Yorkshire Dales

Settle (35 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (18.4 miles, 29.6 km, direction NE)

A wonderful market town in the Yorkshire Dales. Settle is the starting point for the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway; one of Britain's most spectacular and scenic railways which.....

Hest Bank, Lancashire

Hest Bank (3 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (18.5 miles, 29.8 km, direction NW)

Hest Bank makes an interesting alternative to crowded Morecambe, it is ideal as a base for touring coast and the old cotton towns of Lancashire...

Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire

Rufford (6 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (18.8 miles, 30.3 km, direction SW)

Noted for its picturesque late-medieval manor house Rufford Old Hall, the village of Rufford occupies a fine setting on the fertile Lancashire Plains...

Clapham Beck

Clapham (28 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (18.9 miles, 30.4 km, direction NE)

The clear waters of Clapham Beck enter the town from the high slopes of Ingleborough where it scampers over a waterfall before plunging down into the town...

Recommended attractions near Thornley with Wheatley

Samlesbury Hall

Samlesbury Hall (2 Pictures)

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction S)

..

Lazy afternoon

Clitheroe Castle (41 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction E)

..

Blackburn Cathedral

Blackburn Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction S)

..

Preston Guild Hall

Preston Guildhall (1 Pictures)

(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction SW)

..

Forest of Bowland, Lancashire

Forest of Bowland (43 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction N)

This high region of grouse moor and high fells crossed with deep narrow valley's was once a hunting ground of Saxon King's. It.....

Hoghton Tower

Hoghton Tower (12 Pictures)

(9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction S)

..

The Harris Museum, Preston

Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston (1 Pictures)

(9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction SW)

..

Sawley Abbey

Sawley Abbey (15 Pictures)

(10.0 miles, 16.2 km, direction E)

..

Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill (61 Pictures)

(10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction E)

..

Secret Garden Cuerden Hall

Cuerden Valley Country Park (1 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction S)

..

Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham

Gawthorpe Hall (3 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 18.9 km, direction E)

Gawthorpe Hall, home of the Shuttleworth family for several centuries lies close to the traditional Lancastrian market town of.....

Bold venture Park, Darwen, Lancashire.

Bold Venture Park (30 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction S)

The name of this spacious green park situated at Darwen in Lancashire epitomises the endeavour of the local borough engineer who.....

Darwen Tower at sunset, Darwen, Lancashire.

Darwen Tower (18 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.5 km, direction S)

An observation tower circa 1897Standing at 86ft high, apparently you can sometimes see the Welsh Hills from it on a very clear.....

Astley Hall, Astley Park, Chorley, Lancashire

Astley Hall (9 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction S)

..

Ashton Memorial in Lancaster

Ashton Memorial (5 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.7 km, direction NW)

The Ashton Memorial with its green dome, overlooks the City from Williamson Park. It forms a famous Classical landmark and was.....

Towneley Hall, Burnley, Lancashire

Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum (2 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction SE)

..

Lancaster Cathedral at sunset 2005

Lancaster Cathedral (5 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction NW)

This may not be as old as other English cathedral churches, but with its soaring spire reaching to a height of 240 feet and a.....

Lancaster Castle, Lancaster, Lancashire.

Lancaster Castle (21 Pictures)

(16.1 miles, 26.0 km, direction NW)

Dominating the skyline of the town, Lancaster Castle is of the best-preserved castles in England. This Castle is still used as a.....

Knights in action at Camelot Theme Park, Charnock Richard

Camelot Theme Park (4 Pictures)

(16.3 miles, 26.2 km, direction S)

Join Merlin, King Arthur and his brave knights of the Round Table at the Kingdom of Camelot and explore five magical lands filled.....

Garsdale Station on the Settle Carlisle Railway, located high in the Yorksire Dales National Park

Settle Carlisle Railway (9 Pictures)

(18.4 miles, 29.5 km, direction NE)

This spectacular train journey could easily be the most scenic train trip in the whole of the UK. The route is part of National.....


All attractions in Thornley with Wheatley
All attractions in Lancashire