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Location: Dalton, West Lancashire, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Wigan to the Liverpool loop

70.3km

04:13

460m

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2. View of Sparrow Hill – Ashurst Beacon loop from Thatto Heath

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3. Ashurst Beacon – View from The Crank loop from Hough Green

92.8km

05:46

970m

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Neill

February 26, 2018

An easy walk up to the tower from the road. It has great views looking out towards Liverpool and Blackpool

This beacon tower was built in 1798 by Sir William Ashurst. It was built as a watch tower to warn of a French invasion in the lead up to the Napoleonic War. It is said to be on the site of an earlier beacon that once formed part of a relay series of beacons. They stretched from Everton Brow above Liverpool to Lancaster Castle. They were in place (though unused) during the Anglo–Spanish War of 1585.

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Location: Dalton, West Lancashire, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom

Ashurst Beacon

1. Wigan to the Liverpool loop

2. View of Sparrow Hill – Ashurst Beacon loop from Thatto Heath

3. Ashurst Beacon – View from The Crank loop from Hough Green

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