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Bolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum
Attractions in Radcliffe

Leave Radcliffe for Bolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum, 7 km away

Around Radcliffe, the places to visit include 4 museums, a historic house and a heritage railway. No place to visit is mapped inside Radcliffe’s built-up area; 13 are within 5 km of its edge. Beyond the town, the best known is English Football Hall of Fame, 10 km off.

Photo: Bolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum, The original uploader was Austen Redman at English Wikipedia. (CC BY-SA 2.5)
In Radcliffe
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
13
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
5
in or near town
Castles & historic places
2
in or near town
Best known

The first to see around Radcliffe

Along with Bolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum, see 2 museums, a historic house and a heritage railway.

MuseumBolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum4.9 km outside town, to the westHistoric houseHeaton Park3.4 km outside town, to the southeastHeritage railwayHeritage railwayEast Lancashire Railway2 km outside town, to the northeastArt galleryBury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre1.8 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumThe Fusilier Museum1.9 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumBury Transport Museum2.1 km outside town, to the northeast

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Where things are

To the southeast lie most of the 13 nearby.

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The dashed line is Radcliffe’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022

By kind

Kinds of place

There are more museums or galleries (5) than anything else, then zoos, theme parks or other days out (4).

Museums & galleries 4 museums · 1 art gallery0 in town · 5 nearby
Castles & historic places 1 historic house · 1 historic site0 in town · 2 nearby
Gardens & estates 1 garden0 in town · 1 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 heritage railway · 1 aquarium · 1 zoo · 1 theme park0 in town · 4 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction0 in town · 1 nearby

Green: inside Radcliffe. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

The whole list for Radcliffe

You will find all 13 within 5 km of its edge.

Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.

12 listed buildings and 1 scheduled monument are on Radcliffe’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Radcliffe →

Big names nearby

Days out

English Football Hall of Fame, at 10 km, heads the 12.

MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame10 km southeastCathedralManchester Cathedral10 km southeastArt galleryManchester Art Gallery11 km southeastBig drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum11 km southeast · 830K visitors a yearMuseumThe Manchester Museum12 km southeastMuseumImperial War Museum North11 km south · 2K visitors a yearMuseumChetham's Library10 km southeastMuseumNational Football Museum10 km southeastCathedralCathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist9.9 km southeastMuseumManchester Jewish Museum9.6 km southeastMuseumPeople's History Museum10 km southeastCathedralBlackburn Cathedral23 km northwest

Places well known beyond Radcliffe (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.

Visiting Radcliffe: questions

What is there to see near Radcliffe?

No attraction is mapped inside Radcliffe itself. Within 5 km of it are Bolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum, Heaton Park, East Lancashire Railway and Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre.

Does Radcliffe have a museum?

5 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Radcliffe: Bolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre, The Fusilier Museum and Bury Transport Museum.

Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Radcliffe?

None is recorded within 5 km of Radcliffe.

What are the best-known days out near Radcliffe?

Within 40 km: English Football Hall of Fame (10 km), Manchester Cathedral (10 km), Manchester Art Gallery (11 km), Science and Industry Museum (11 km).

Where are Radcliffe’s historic buildings listed?

Radcliffe has 12 listed buildings, 2 of them Grade I. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.

How is this list made?

From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Radcliffe when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.

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 (18)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.