Bickerton Hill

#3000 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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Facts and practical information

Bickerton Hill refers to two low red sandstone hills that form the southern end of the Mid Cheshire Ridge in Cheshire, north-west England. The high point, Raw Head, lies on the northerly hill and has an elevation of 227 metres. Parts of the southerly hill are also known as Larkton Hill. ()

Elevation: 745 ftProminence: 487 ftCoordinates: 53°5'13"N, 2°42'50"W

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Bickerton Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Beeston Castle, Sandstone Trail, Peckforton Castle, Cholmondeley Castle.

3 miN
Forts and castles, Historical place
Beeston Castle
77 min walk • Beeston Castle, crowning a rocky crag with sweeping views over the Cheshire countryside, is a fortress steeped in history and legend. This medieval castle, now in ruins, was built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, on the site of an earlier...
2.1 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Sandstone Trail
55 min walk • The Sandstone Trail is a 55-kilometre long-distance walkers' path, following sandstone ridges running north–south from Frodsham in central Cheshire to Whitchurch just over the Shropshire border. The path was created in 1974 and extended in the 1990s.
2.2 miN
Forts and castles
Peckforton Castle
57 min walk • Peckforton Castle is a Victorian country house built in the style of a medieval castle. It stands in woodland at the north end of Peckforton Hills one mile northwest of the village of Peckforton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
2.2 miSE
Forts and castles, Garden, Park
Cholmondeley Castle
57 min walk • Cholmondeley Castle is a country house in the civil parish of Cholmondeley, Cheshire, England. Together with its adjacent formal gardens, it is surrounded by parkland. The site of the house has been a seat of the Cholmondeley family since the 12th century. The present house replaced a timber-framed hall nearby.
5.2 miSW
Church
St Oswald's Church
132 min walk • St Oswald's Church stands on the highest point in the market town of Malpas, Cheshire, England, on or near the site of a Norman motte and bailey castle.
3.6 miNE
Church
St Boniface's Church
92 min walk • St Boniface's Church stands prominently in the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The church dates mainly from the 14th century.
1.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Maiden Castle
49 min walk • Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hill fort, one of many fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age, but one of only seven in the county of Cheshire in northern England.
3.8 miNE
Museum, Historical place
Bunbury Mill
96 min walk • Bunbury Mill is a watermill located to the east of the village of Bunbury, Cheshire, England. After being at risk of demolition, it has been restored as a working museum. The structure is designated by Historic England as a Grade II listed building.
5.1 miS
Church
St Chad's Church
131 min walk • St Chad's Church is on Chester Road in the civil parish of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Malpas, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester.
3.3 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Alban's Church, Tattenhall
85 min walk • St Alban's Church is in the village of Tattenhall, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is combined with that of All Saints, Handley.
1.8 miSW
Church
Brown Knowl Methodist Church
46 min walk • Brown Knowl Methodist Church is in Sherrington's Lane in the settlement of Brown Knowl in the civil parish of Broxton, Cheshire, England.

Bickerton Hill

Facts and practical information

Bickerton Hill plan & book

Bickerton Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)