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West Lancashire District

Skelmersdale

Skelmersdale is a town in the West Lancashire district of , England. It sits on the River Tawd, 6 miles west of , 13 miles north-east of and 15 miles south-west of .
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  • Type: Town with 38,800 residents
  • Description: town in West Lancashire, England
  • Also known as: “Skem”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Paul’s Church and Lathom High School.

Church
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St Paul's Church is in Church Road, Skelmersdale, , England. It is an active Anglican in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.

School
is a coeducational secondary school and specialist technology college located in Skelmersdale in the English county of . Following an amalgamation of two former schools Tawd Vale and West Bank High, Lathom High was officially opened in November 1988 by Jack Straw MP.

School
is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Skelmersdale in the English county of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lathom and Hoscar.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England, near Skelmersdale, about 3 miles east of . It is in the district of West Lancashire, and with the parish of forms part of Newburgh ward. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Skelmersdale.

Village
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is a small village in , England. It is located 1¼ miles east of the larger village of . is situated 3½ miles north of Skelmersdale.

Village
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is a village and civil parish within the , , England. The population of the Wigan ward called and Lower Ground had increased to 11,482 at the 2011 Census. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Skelmersdale.

Skelmersdale

Latitude
53.55022° or 53° 33′ 1″ north
Longitude
-2.77508° or 2° 46′ 30″ west
Population
38,800
Elevation
233 feet (71 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SKD
Open location code
9C5VH62F+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29974910
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2637752
Wiki­data ID
Q668237
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wolof—“Skelmersdale” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اسكلمرسديل”
  • Asturian: “Skelmersdale”
  • Basque: “Skelmersdale”
  • Bulgarian: “Скелмерсдале”
  • Cebuano: “Skelmersdale”
  • Chinese: “斯克爾默斯代爾”
  • Dutch: “Skelmersdale”
  • French: “Skelmersdale”
  • German: “Skelmersdale”
  • Hebrew: “סקלמרסדייל”
  • Irish: “Skelmersdale”
  • Italian: “Skelmersdale”
  • Japanese: “スケルマースデール”
  • Ladin: “Skelmersdale”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skelmersdale”
  • Persian: “اسکلمرسدیل”
  • Polish: “Skelmersdale”
  • Romanian: “Skelmersdale”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اسکلمرسدیل”
  • Spanish: “Skelmersdale”
  • Swedish: “Skelmersdale”
  • Turkish: “Skelmersdale”
  • Volapük: “Skelmersdale”
  • Welsh: “Skelmersdale”
  • Wolof: “Skelmersdaal”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Town Centre and Birch Green.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Skelmersdale Bus Station and Nye Bevan Pool.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skelmersdale”. Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.