Visit Mawdesley Places

Welcome to Visit Mawdesley Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Mawdesley

  

Mawdesley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Mawdesley

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Mawdesley history

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The name Mawdesley is thought to have originated in the reign of Edward I (1272–1308) The suffix -ley describes a field, meadow or clearing. Records show that a manor existed in 1250 AD on the site of the present Mawdeley Hall.

Mawdesley geography / climate

The village sits on a low rise from the surrounding flat mossland of Mawdesley Moss. The nearest hill, Harrock Hill (515 ft) belongs to the neighbouring parishes of Hilldale and Wrightington. The village is a straggling village with fragmented areas of residential ribbon development along the various back roads.

You can visit Mawdesley places with Walkfo Mawdesley to hear history at Mawdesley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Mawdesley has 15 places to visit in our interactive Mawdesley map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Mawdesley, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Mawdesley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Mawdesley & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 15 audio facts unique to Mawdesley places in an interactive Mawdesley map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Mawdesley Places Map
15 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Mawdesley historic spots	Mawdesley tourist destinations	Mawdesley plaques	Mawdesley geographic features
Walkfo Mawdesley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Mawdesley

  

Best Mawdesley places to visit

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Mawdesley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Mawdesley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Mawdesley’s information audio spots:

River Tawd The River Tawd flows through Skelmersdale and Lathom in West Lancashire. It is a tributary of the River Douglas which it joins in Lathom. Parts of the river are a county biological heritage site.

Eccleston Quarry Eccleston Quarry is an old stone quarry that flooded. It is a popular site for scuba diving. Visibility is generally very poor and ropes have been strung between each underwater ‘feature’

Mawdesley Hall Mawdesley Hall is a Grade II listed country manor in Chorley, Lancashire. It consists of a central hall with two cross-wings. The hall is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building.

Mawdesley Mawdesley is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It had a population of 1,702 at the 2011 Census.

Rufford Old Hall Rufford Old Hall is a National Trust property in Rufford, Lancashire. Built in about 1530 for Sir Robert Hesketh, only the Great Hall survives from the original structure. A brick-built wing in the Jacobean style was added in 1661, at right angles to Great Hall. The hall’s cottage, coach house and stables, about ten metres to the east, are designated Grade II.

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