Penwortham
Penwortham is a town and civil parish in South Ribble, Lancashire, England, on the south bank of the River Ribble facing the city of Preston. The town is at the most westerly crossing point of the river, with major road and rail links crossing it here.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 22,600 residents
- Description: town in South Ribble, Lancashire, England
- Also known as: “Penwortham, Lancashire”
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Penwortham Girls’ High School and St Mary’s Church, Penwortham.
Penwortham Girls’ High School
School
Penwortham Girls' High School is a secondary school located in Penwortham in the English county of Lancashire. Established in 1954 as Penwortham Girls' Grammar School, today it is a community school administered by Lancashire County Council, and is one of two non-selective, non-fee paying girls’ school in Lancashire.
St Mary’s Church, Penwortham
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is in Church Avenue, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leyland, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
Preston Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Miss Saff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Preston railway station, in Preston, Lancashire, England, is an interchange on the West Coast Main Line; it is approximately half-way between London Euston and Glasgow Central.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preston and Whitestake.
Preston
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Preston is a city in the county of Lancashire in North West England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a former textile and engineering town; it still makes aircraft, hosts the county local government, and has a university.
Whitestake
Village
Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitestake is a small village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England, on the eastern edge of New Longton It is at the boundary of the parishes of Farington, Longton and Penwortham. Whitestake is situated 2 miles south of Penwortham.
Leyland
Town
Photo: Terry Whalebone, CC BY 2.0.
Preston is a city in the county of Lancashire in North West England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a former textile and engineering town; it still makes aircraft, hosts the county local government, and has a university. Leyland is situated 4½ miles south of Penwortham.
Penwortham
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Penwortham, South Ribble, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.7498° or 53° 44′ 59″ northLongitude
-2.73017° or 2° 43′ 49″ westPopulation
22,600Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
9C5VP7X9+WWOpenStreetMap ID
node 29145691OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2640391Wikidata ID
Q508016
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Penwortham” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Penwortham”
- Bengali: “পেনওর্থহ্যাম”
- Cebuano: “Penwortham”
- Chinese: “潘韋頓”
- Chinese: “潘韦顿”
- Dutch: “Penwortham”
- French: “Penwortham”
- German: “Penwortham”
- Gujarati: “પેનવર્થમ”
- Irish: “Penwortham”
- Italian: “Penwortham”
- Japanese: “ペンウォ―サム”
- Kannada: “ಪೆನ್ವರ್ಥಮ್”
- Korean: “펜워담”
- Ladin: “Penwortham”
- Lithuanian: “Penvertamas”
- Persian: “پنوورتهام”
- Polish: “Penwortham”
- Portuguese: “Penwortham”
- Russian: “Пенвортхам”
- South Azerbaijani: “پنوورتهام”
- Spanish: “Penwortham”
- Swedish: “Penwortham”
- Tamil: “பெண்ஒர்தம்”
- Telugu: “పెన్ వర్థం”
- Turkish: “Penwortham”
- Urdu: “پینوورتھم”
- Volapük: “Penwortham”
- Welsh: “Penwortham”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Priory Lane Community Centre and Penwortham Over 60’s Club.
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