Westhead
Westhead is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. As of 2014, the estimated population was 886.Photo: Chris Denny, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ormskirk District General Hospital and Ormskirk School.
Ormskirk District General Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ormskirk and District General Hospital is an acute hospital in Ormskirk, Lancashire. It is managed by the Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Ormskirk School
School
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ormskirk School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Ormskirk in the English county of Lancashire. The school caters to approximately 1,400 pupils, aged 11 to 18.
Tower Hill Water Tower
Building
Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
Tower Hill Water Tower is a disused water tower and local landmark in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. Situated on the east side of Tower Hill, it was built between 1853–4 for Ormskirk Local Board of Health, and is reputed to be the oldest remaining water tower in the country.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ormskirk and Burscough.
Ormskirk
Photo: Martin Stone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ormskirk is a market town in Lancashire, 13 miles north of Liverpool. With a population of 24,000 in 2011, it's the main town of West Lancashire Borough.
Burscough
Town
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Burscough is a town and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. The town is located approximately 14 miles north-northeast of Liverpool and 13 miles southwest of Preston. Burscough is situated 2 miles north of Westhead.
Lathom
Village
Photo: Doug Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lathom is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, near Skelmersdale, about 3 miles east of Ormskirk. It is in the district of West Lancashire, and with the parish of Newburgh forms part of Newburgh ward. Lathom is situated 2 miles northeast of Westhead.
Westhead
- Type: Village with 886 residents
- Description: village in West Lancashire, Lancashire, England
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.56321° or 53° 33′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.84513° or 2° 50′ 43″ westPopulation
886Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)Open location code
9C5VH573+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 29974765OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2634392Wikidata ID
Q24704257
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Polish to Swedish—“Westhead” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Westhead”
- Russian: “Уэстхед”
- Spanish: “Westhead”
- Swedish: “Westhead”
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