Visitor attractions and information - St
Helens
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World of Glass, Chalon Way East, St Helens, Merseyside. WA10
1BX. Tel: 08700 114466. LIVE glassblowing and over 30 stunning
displays and shows. www.worldofglass.com.
In the centre of St Helens. |
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Haydock Park Racecourse, Newton-Le-Willows
WA12 0HQ. Tel: 01942 402624. Haydock Park is the North West's
premier dual purpose racecourse located half way between Liverpool
and Manchester, just off junction 23 of the M6 motorway. With
around 30 events a year, we offer an excellent choice of top-class
fixtures over the jumps and flat. www.haydock-park.co.uk. About 5 miles northeast of St Helens. |
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PENNINGTON
FLASH COUNTRY PARK, Off St Helens Road, Leigh, Greater Manchester,
WN7 3PA. Tel: 01942 605253. 200 hectare Country Park, centred
on a 70 hectare lake. Well maintained paths cater for walkers,
cyclists and horse riders. Bird watching hides (with wheelchair
access), overlooking the Nature Reserve and it's 230 species
of birds. Information Centre. 9 hole golf course. Children’s
play area, picnic and recreation areas, fishing. Pay and display
parking. About 8 miles northeast of St Helens. |
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THREE SISTERS RECREATION AREA, Three Sisters
Road, Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield, WN4 8DD. Tel: 01942 720453.
Reclaimed colliery spoil heaps now providing a large recreation
area. Motor sports in the Arena run by Aintree Racing Drivers
School. (More information below). Coarse fishing. Canoeing. Model
boats. Footpaths for walkers, cyclists and horse riders. Toilets
and Free Parking. About
4 miles northeast of St Helens. |
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Three
Sisters Race Circuit, Three Sisters Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield,
Lancashire, WN4 8DD. Tel: 0800 234 6034. The Racing School is
Europe's longest established race school and has been delivering
exceptional driving gifts and experiences since 1978. We operate
our experiences at Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire
and Three Sisters Race Circuit in Lancashire.
www.racing-school.co.uk. About
4 miles northeast of St Helens |
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Wigan Pier, Wallgate, Wigan, WN3 4EU. Tel:
01942 323666. Situated on the banks of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal,
Wigan Pier is one of the north west’s favourite visitor
attractions. At the heart of The Wigan Pier Experience is The
Way We Were, an authentic recreation of life in the 1900s for
the people of Wigan and surrounding Lancashire. The Trencherfield
Mill Steam Engine, considered to be one of ‘the world's
marvels of engineering’, has now been given a new lease
of life, roaring back into action in September 2004. About
7 miles northeast of St Helens. |
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Knowsley
Safari Park, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 4AN. Tel: 0151 430 9009.
Knowsley Safari Park is one of Merseyside's premier leisure attractions
with around 30 species of mammal roaming 200 hectares of land,
plus a few birds, reptiles and invertebrates.
www.knowsley.com. About
2 miles west of St Helens. |
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