Marsh Mill
Set in Thornton, Marsh Mill is an attraction. The surrounding 5 km hold 3 more places to visit. Running it is Wyre Council.
Attraction in Thornton
Inside Thornton
Marsh Mill is inside Thornton’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
For warmth, aim for June to September (18–20°C highs in Thornton).
Marsh Mill
Close by, Blackpool Tower is 7.1 km away.
- Type
- Attraction
- Run by
- Wyre Council
- Town
- in Thornton
Finding Marsh Mill
The places near Marsh Mill are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Thornton’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around Marsh Mill
With 149,087 people, Blackpool is the largest of the 8. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Thornton
Blackpool
Cleveleys
Carleton
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Marsh Mill is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton | It’s in town | 19,263 | 7 |
| Blackpool | 700 m south of it | 149,087 | 41 |
| Cleveleys | 800 m northwest of it | 11,121 | 6 |
| Carleton | 1.7 km south of it | 4,793 | 13 |
| Fleetwood | 1.9 km north of it | 26,224 | 5 |
| Poulton-le-Fylde | 2 km south of it | 12,792 | 13 |
| Hambleton | 3.1 km east of it | 2,428 | 3 |
| Sower Carr | 3.6 km east of it | 319 | 3 |
Also near Marsh Mill
42 more lie within 15 km, 5 attractions, a theme park and a zoo among them.
AttractionBlackpool Tower7.1 km away2
Theme parkBlackpool Pleasure Beach9.8 km away3
ZooBlackpool Zoo6.6 km away4
AttractionAvalanche9.8 km away5
Art galleryGrundy Art Gallery6.6 km away6
AttractionBig Dipper9.8 km away7
AttractionInfusion9.9 km away8
AttractionRevolution9.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Marsh Mill
Where is Marsh Mill?
Marsh Mill is in Thornton, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Marsh Mill?
Attraction.
Who runs Marsh Mill?
Wyre Council.
When is the best time to visit Marsh Mill?
June to September are the warmest months in Thornton, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Marsh Mill?
Within 15 km: Blackpool Tower (7.1 km), Blackpool Pleasure Beach (9.8 km), Blackpool Zoo (6.6 km) and Avalanche (9.8 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Blackpool Tower: Dave Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Vuvar1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackpool Zoo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Avalanche: WillMcC at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Grundy Art Gallery: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Big Dipper: Norms360, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Infusion: https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnthescone/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Revolution: Stefan Scheer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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