Visit Leyland, Lancashire Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Leyland, Lancashire

  

Leyland, Lancashire Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Leyland, Lancashire

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Leyland, Lancashire history

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English Leyland was an area of fields, with Roman roads passing through, from ancient Wigan to Walton-le-Dale. It was left undisturbed for many centuries until rediscovered shortly after the Battle of Hastings (1066) Leyland is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1085)

You can visit Leyland, Lancashire places with Walkfo Leyland, Lancashire to hear history at Leyland, Lancashire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Leyland, Lancashire has 27 places to visit in our interactive Leyland, Lancashire 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 Leyland, Lancashire, 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 Leyland, Lancashire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Leyland, Lancashire & the surrounding areas.

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27 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Leyland, Lancashire places to visit

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

Moss Side, South Ribble Moss Side is a suburban, semi-rural community on the western side of Leyland, Lancashire. It is adjacent to Bretherton, Ulnes Walton and Midge Hall. A new ball court and a children’s playground were completed in 2005.

Midge Hall Notable features include the Midge Hall pub, a mill which produces animal feed and a test track for cars and wagons from the Leyland Trucks factory. There is a disused railway station which is on the Ormskirk Branch Line.

Buckshaw Hall Buckshaw Hall is a grade II* listed 17th-century country house in Buckshaw Village, Euxton, some 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Chorley, England.

Euxton Parish Church Euxton Parish Church is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

Buckshaw Village Buckshaw Village is one of the largest urban development sites in the North West of England with a population of about 4,000. The new development is taking place on the former site of the Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Chorley, which was requisitioned by the War Office in the 1930s.

Cuerden Hall Cuerden Hall was formerly a family home between 1717 and 1906. The Hall was used by the Army until the 1960s. It was sold to Manchester business man Colin Shenton in 2020 who is restoring it to its original purpose.

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