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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 10 miles northeast
of Prescot.
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 12 miles northeast of Prescot.
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 8
miles northeast of Prescot.
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 8 miles northeast
of Prescot.
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 10 miles northeast of Prescot.
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 north of Prescot.
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