Roxborough, Philadelphia

Name: Roxborough
Address: Philadelphia, United States

#985 among attractions in Philadelphia

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Roxborough is a neighborhood in the Northwest section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is bordered to the southwest, along the Schuylkill River, by the neighborhood of Manayunk, along the northeast by the Wissahickon Creek section of Fairmount Park, and to the southeast by the neighborhood of East Falls. Beyond Roxborough to the northwest is Montgomery County. Roxborough's ZIP code is 19128. Most of Roxborough is in Philadelphia's 21st Ward. ()

Coordinates: 40°3'14"N, 75°14'31"W

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Lower Northwest (Upper Roxborough)Philadelphia United States

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Nearby attractions include: Philadelphia Cricket Club, Green Lane Bridge, Woodmere Art Museum, Thomas Mill Covered Bridge.

1.9 miNE
Golf, Field
Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia
49 min walk • Nestled in the historic city of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Cricket Club stands as a testament to the rich tradition of golf in the United States. Established in 1854, it is one of the oldest country clubs in the nation and holds the distinction of being the oldest...
2.1 miS
Bridge
Green Lane Bridge, Philadelphia
53 min walk • The Green Lane Bridge is a concrete arch bridge over the Schuylkill River and carries Green Lane in Philadelphia. The bridge connects Belmont Hills with Manayunk.
2.3 miNE
Victorian mansion housing artwork
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia
60 min walk • Woodmere Art Museum, located in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has a collection of paintings, prints, sculpture and photographs focusing on artists from the Delaware Valley and includes works by Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Severo Antonelli, Jasper Francis...
1.5 miNE
Bridge
Thomas Mill Covered Bridge, Philadelphia
39 min walk • The Thomas Mill Covered Bridge, aka the Thomas Mill Bridge or the Thomas Mill Road Covered Bridge, is a historic, single-span, wooden covered bridge across the Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2.1 miNE
Modernist architecture, Postmodern architecture
Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia
55 min walk • The Vanna Venturi House, one of the first prominent works of the postmodern architecture movement, is located in the neighborhood of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2.2 miSE
Church
St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
57 min walk • St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia is located in the Manayunk section of Northwest Philadelphia at 124 Cotton Street. This parish was merged with those of St. John the Baptist and St. Mary of the Assumption in 2012.
3.2 miSE
Trail, Park, Hiking
Wissahickon Trail, Philadelphia
83 min walk • Wissahickon Creek is a tributary of the Schuylkill River in Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties, Pennsylvania in the United States. Wissahickon Creek rises in Montgomery County, runs approximately 23 miles passing through and dividing Northwest Philadelphia before emptying into the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia.
2.1 miSE
Bridge
Manayunk Bridge, Philadelphia
55 min walk • The Manayunk Bridge is an S-shaped former railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River, Schuylkill Canal and Schuylkill Expressway, that connects Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County and the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2.8 miE
Theater
Sedgwick Theater, Philadelphia
71 min walk • The Sedgwick Theater is a historic American theater in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1928 and designed by architect William Harold Lee. It is one of the remaining 20 Philadelphia theaters as of 2006 which he designed; nine have been demolished.
2 miSE
Park
Wissahickon Valley Park, Philadelphia
52 min walk • Wissahickon Valley Park contains 2,042 acres of parkland in Northwest Philadelphia, including the Wissahickon Creek from its confluence with the Schuylkill River to the northwestern boundary of the city with eastern Montgomery County.
2.3 miSE
Park, Playground
Pretzel Park, Philadelphia
58 min walk • Pretzel Park is a small park in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was officially named Manayunk Park from its creation in 1929 until 2004, when it was renamed.