Woolston Eyes

#6101 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Woolston Eyes is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located in the town of Warrington, England, alongside the Manchester Ship Canal. The eyes themselves are used for the deposition of dredgings from the Ship Canal under a Waste Management Licence issued by the Environment Agency. ()

Elevation: 46 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°23'29"N, 2°31'25"W

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Woolston Eyes – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Mary's Church, St Wilfrid's Church, Rixton Clay Pits, St Mary's Church.

2.7 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary's Church, Warrington
69 min walk • St Mary's Church, or St Mary's Priory, is in the town centre of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is an active Catholic church.
1.6 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church, Gothic architecture
St Wilfrid's Church, Warrington
40 min walk • St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building.
2.3 miNE
Park, Nature and wildlife
Rixton Clay Pits, Warrington
60 min walk • Rixton Clay Pits is a former clay extraction site in Rixton, near Hollins Green, Warrington, England. Formerly farmland, boulder clay extraction started in the 1920s for brick making in the adjacent brickworks, and ceased in 1965 - since then it has been allowed to return to nature.
2.1 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary's Church, Lymm
54 min walk • St Mary's Church is the Anglican parish church of Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, standing on a bank overlooking Lymm Dam. It is a grade II listed building. It is an active church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.
2.4 miNE
Park
Risley Moss, Warrington
61 min walk • Risley Moss is an area of peat bog situated near Birchwood in Warrington, England. It is a country park, Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Local Nature Reserve.
2.2 miSW
Park, Garden
Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden, Warrington
57 min walk • Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is a historic walled garden in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England. The garden was built by Thomas Parr around 1830 as both a pleasure garden for relaxing strolls and as a kitchen garden to produce fruit, vegetables, and herbs.
2.8 miE
Church
St Werburgh's Church
73 min walk • St Werburgh's Church is the name of two separate churches in the village of Warburton, Greater Manchester, England. The older church is located to the west of the village, and may date back as far as the middle of the 13th century. It is now a redundant church but services are held in the summer months.
2.3 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church, Gothic architecture
St Elphin's Church, Warrington
60 min walk • St Elphin's Church is the parish church of the town of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the deanery of Warrington.
0.7 miE
Bridge
Thelwall Viaduct, Lymm
19 min walk • The Thelwall Viaduct is a steel composite girder viaduct in Lymm, Warrington, England. It carries the M6 motorway across the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey.
1.2 miNW
Park
Woolston Park, Warrington
30 min walk • Woolston Park is a modern park that is situated in the civil parish of Woolston, Warrington, in the English county of Cheshire. Woolston Park covers 56 acres and was officially opened in 1977.
2.7 miW
Park
Orford Park, Warrington
68 min walk • Orford Park is a municipal park in the town of Warrington, Cheshire, England. Orford Hall and surrounding lands were donated to Warrington Council in December 1916.