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Crooke
A small village with a marina on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Shevington.
There is an old mine cart and small section of track on display beside the canal marking the area where coal was once brought for loading onto canal barges.
Old Mine Cart and Tracks at Crooke
Local History
Historic monuments near Crooke
- Up Holland Benedictine priory – 3.58 km away
- Bretters Farm moated site and two fishponds – 9.42 km away
- Boar’s Den bowl barrow – 5.08 km away
- The Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David’s Church – 5.25 km away
- Market cross in the marketplace to the west of St Wilfrid’s Church, Standish – 3.11 km away
- Cross base on Green Lane 300m north of Strickland House Farm, Standish – 2.55 km away
- Cross base at the junction of Standish Green Lane, Standish Wood Lane and Beech Walk, 200m NNW of Strickland House Farm, Standish – 2.42 km away
- Mabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building – 3.58 km away
- Moated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near Wigan – 5.02 km away
- Cross base on Standish Wood Lane 700m south east of Standish Hall – 1.83 km away
- Winstanley moated site and five fishponds – 3.97 km away
- Haigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park House – 4.00 km away