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Attractions near M24 2RP

Rochdale Art Gallery (3 Miles)*
Touchstones is an exciting arts and heritage centre that has something special for everyone. The site consists of Art Galleries, Museum, Local Studies Centre and Tourist Information Centre.

Heaton Hall (4 Miles)*
A magnificent neo-classical country house with beautifully restored 18th century interiors, set in 650 acres of rolling parkland.

Portland Basin Museum (6 Miles)*
Portland Basin Museum is the centrepiece of the recently rebuilt Ashton Canal Warehouse, now looking much as it did in 1834 when it was first built.

Saddleworth Museum & Art Gallery (7 Miles)*
Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery is full of intriguing objects from the past and tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth's landscape and character

Manchester Art Gallery (7 Miles)*
The gallery's amazing collection of art is displayed in an innovative and imaginative way. An undoubted highlight is the outstanding collection of 19th century Pre-Raphaelite paintings.

People's History Museum (7 Miles)*
The Peoples History Museum houses the galleries of the National Museum of Labour History. It is dedicated to the ordinary people of Britain and the story of how they organised together to change society.

Labour History Archive and Study Centre (7 Miles)*
The Archive and Study Centre at the National Museum of Labour History offers a unique opportunity to explore the political and social lives of working people during the last 150 years.

Salford Museum & Art Gallery (7 Miles)*
Museum of Salford's local history and art.

Whitworth Art Gallery (8 Miles)*
The Gallery is home to an impressive range of watercolours, prints, drawings, modern art and sculpture, as well as the largest collections of textiles and wallpapers outside London.

Ordsall Hall (8 Miles)*
Ordsall Hall, once home to the wealthy Radclyffe family, is one of the finest examples of Tudor architecture in North West England.

Imperial War Museum North (9 Miles)*
The Imperial War Museum North tells the story of how war has shaped people's lives from 1900 to the present day. With the story still unfolding, the Museum will continue to develop and change over time.

Rossendale Museum (10 Miles)*
Rossendale Museum is housed in a 19th century mill owner's residence built in 1840 for the Hardman family, overlooking their woollen mill at New Hall Hey

Bolton Museum, Aquarium and Archive (10 Miles)*
Bolton Museum has many collections of exhibits from fine art to Egyptian archaeology. There is an aquarium where you can see snakes and a piranha fish which is 23 years old.

Smithills Hall and Estate (12 Miles)*
Visitors to Smithills Hall can enjoy history in the surroundings of a building that stretches from the 14th century to the glorious period of the Arts and Craft revolution of the late 19th century.

Haworth Art Gallery (14 Miles)*
Originally called Hollins Hill, the Gallery is a Tudor-style Edwardian house designed and built for William Haworth and his sister Anne in 1909 by Walter Brierley, FSA of York. It is now Accrington's art gallery.

* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.

Towns near M24 2RP

Castleton (1 Mile)*

Birch (2 Miles)*
Birch-in-Heywood is a small village situated on the road between Hopwood, Heywood and Rhodes. It's believed to have been formed around the mill which is now used for industrial purposes.

Royton (2 Miles)*

Middleton (Gt Mcr) (2 Miles)*
Middleton is more than just another 19th century industrial Lancashire town; it is an ancient place and has much that remains from an illustrious past.

Oldham (2 Miles)*
Oldham sits high on the Pennines, surrounded by hills and offers many vantage points for viewing many miles around. Oldham can be dated back to 865 A.D. when Danish invaders settled here.

Heywood (3 Miles)*
The town of Heywood, three miles west of Rochdale, has its origins in the 13th century, but the area owes much of its charm and character to Robert Peel, (the father of Sir Robert Peel, originator of Britain's first police force).

Rochdale (3 Miles)*
Visit the borough of Rochdale and you will find a wealth of fascinating heritage and beautiful countryside that makes this a great area to explore.

Milnrow (3 Miles)*
Junction 21 on the M62 is where you will find Milnrow. Although Milnrow's history goes back to the Norman Conquest it is remembered for wool and the weaving of wool.

Shaw (3 Miles)*
Shaw is a delightful little town which borders the very scenic Saddleworth villages in one direction and borders Oldham in the other. It was once known as the Golden Town as it had the largest number of mills in the whole of England.

Moston (4 Miles)*

Failsworth (4 Miles)*

Hollinwood (4 Miles)*

New Hey (4 Miles)*

Moorside (4 Miles)*
Moorside, Oldham, is indeed beside the moors. Only a ‘cockstride' away (meaning:-adjacent to) are the Saddleworth moors and the beautiful Saddleworth villages, five in all.

Smithy Bridge (5 Miles)*

Lees (5 Miles)*
Although the village of Lees dates back to the 14th Century it wasn't until the 19th Century that the village gained recognition due to its mineral springs. Eleven cotton mills were built in Lees which totally changed its character.

Newton Heath (5 Miles)*

Prestwich (5 Miles)*
Prestwich is simply a leafy, residential suburb to the north of Manchester city centre. For many years,along with its sister suburb of Whitefield,just to the north, it remained North Manchester's best kept secret

Whitworth (5 Miles)*

Ashton-under-Lyne (5 Miles)*

Whitefield (5 Miles)*

Wardle (5 Miles)*

Bury (6 Miles)*
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Droylsden (6 Miles)*

Littleborough (6 Miles)*
Despite its name, Littleborough is one of the larger settlements in the borough, yet retains its village atmosphere. It gained importance, because it stood at the junction of two ancient routes over the Pennines.

* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.