Sankey Viaduct, Newton-le-Willows

Name: Sankey Viaduct
Address: Newton-le-Willows, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Newton-le-Willows

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The Sankey Viaduct is a railway viaduct in North West England. It is a designated Grade I listed building and has been described as being "the earliest major railway viaduct in the world". ()

Opened: 1830 (195 years ago)Coordinates: 53°26'51"N, 2°39'1"W

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Newton-le-Willows United Kingdom

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Day trips

Sankey Viaduct – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gulliver's World, Totally Wicked Stadium, Haydock Park Racecourse, Earlestown Town Hall.

3.2 miSE
Amusement park
Gulliver's World, Warrington
81 min walk • Gulliver's World is a theme park located in Warrington, England. It consists of themed areas Land, Gully Town, and Safari Kingdom. The park's attractions were designed for children between the ages of 2 and 13. Splash Zone and Blast Arena are two indoor attractions located next to the main theme park. A hotel opened on the site in 2012.
3.1 miW
Arenas and stadiums, Sport, Sport venue
Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens
80 min walk • Totally Wicked Stadium is a rugby league stadium in the Peasley Cross area of St. Helens. Known as Langtree Park until 2017, it has a capacity of over 18,000 and is the home ground of St Helens R.F.C.
2.4 miNE
Sport, Sport venue
Haydock Park Racecourse, St Helens
62 min walk • Haydock Park Racecourse is a racecourse in Merseyside, North West England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the racecourse is set in an area of parkland bounded by the towns of Haydock to the west, Ashton-in-Makerfield to the north, Golborne to the east and Newton-le-Willows to the south.
0.5 miNE
City hall
Earlestown Town Hall, Newton-le-Willows
12 min walk • Earlestown Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street in Earlestown, Merseyside, England. The building, which was the headquarters of Newton-le-Willows Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
0.5 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic architecture
St John the Baptist's Church, Newton-le-Willows
13 min walk • St John the Baptist's Church is in Market Street, Earlestown, St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Winwick, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.
2.7 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Thomas' Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield
69 min walk • St Thomas' Church is in Warrington Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.
2.5 miSE
Church
St Oswald's Church
63 min walk • St Oswald's Church, is in the village of Winwick, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
2.3 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
All Saints' Church, St Helens
59 min walk • All Saints' Church is in Ellamsbridge Road, Sutton, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Saint Helens, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.
2.1 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Peter's Church, St Helens
55 min walk • St Peter's Church, Parr, is in Broad Oak Road, Parr, St Helens, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of St Helens, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool. Its benefice is combined with those of three local churches to form the Parr Team Ministry.
2.8 miSW
Nightlife, Tudor Revival architecture
The Wheatsheaf, St Helens
73 min walk • The Wheatsheaf is a public house at Mill Lane, St Helens, Merseyside WA9 4HN, England. It was built in 1936–1938 by the brewery Greenall Whitley & Co. Ltd of Warrington, to a design by the architect W. A. Hartley.
~1370 ftSE
Canal
Sankey Canal, St Helens
7 min walk • The Sankey Canal in North West England, initially known as the Sankey Brook Navigation and later the St Helens Canal, is a former industrial canal, which when opened in 1757 was England's first of the Industrial revolution, and the first modern canal.

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Which popular attractions are close to Sankey Viaduct?

Nearby attractions include Sankey Canal, St Helens (7 min walk), Earlestown Town Hall, Newton-le-Willows (12 min walk), St John the Baptist's Church, Newton-le-Willows (13 min walk).