Leyland

Preston is a city in the county of in , 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.
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  • Type: Town with 38,600 residents
  • Description: town in Lancashire, England
  • Also known as: “Leyland, Lancashire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Leyland and British Commercial Vehicle Museum.

Church
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St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in Leyland, , England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn.

Museum
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The displays antiquarian buses, early fire engines and other historical and commercial vehicles produced by the British manufacturing industry.

School
is a coeducational secondary school located in Leyland in the English county of . Wellfield High School was previously awarded specialist status as a Business and Enterprise College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Euxton and Whittle-le-Woods.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, , England. The population at the 2011 census was 9,993, but is now estimated to be around 14,000 due to housing developments in the village, including at Buckshaw. is situated 2 miles southeast of Leyland.

Village
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is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in , England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,434. is situated 2½ miles east of Leyland.

Village
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is a small village in the district of , England, on the eastern edge of It is at the boundary of the parishes of Farington, and . is situated 2½ miles northwest of Leyland.

Leyland

Latitude
53.69048° or 53° 41′ 26″ north
Longitude
-2.69913° or 2° 41′ 57″ west
Population
38,600
Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LYL
Open location code
9C5VM8R2+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29390813
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2644547
Wiki­data ID
Q2569138
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Satellite Map

Discover Leyland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Leyland” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليلاند”
  • Asturian: “Leyland”
  • Basque: “Leyland (Lancashire)”
  • Basque: “Leyland”
  • Bulgarian: “Лейланд”
  • Cebuano: “Leyland”
  • Chinese: “利蘭 (蘭開夏郡)”
  • Chinese: “利蘭”
  • Chinese: “萊蘭”
  • Dutch: “Leyland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليلاند”
  • French: “Leyland”
  • German: “Leyland”
  • Hebrew: “ליילנד”
  • Irish: “Leyland, Lancashire”
  • Italian: “Leyland”
  • Japanese: “リーランド”
  • Japanese: “レイランド”
  • Ladin: “Leyland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leyland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leyland”
  • Norwegian: “Leyland”
  • Persian: “لیلاند، لانکاشر”
  • Polish: “Leyland”
  • Romanian: “Leyland”
  • Russian: “Лейланд”
  • Silesian: “Leyland (Lancashire)”
  • Silesian: “Leyland”
  • Spanish: “Leyland”
  • Swedish: “Leyland, Lancashire”
  • Swedish: “Leyland”
  • Turkish: “Leyland, Lancashire”
  • Turkish: “Leyland”
  • Urdu: “لیلینڈ، لنکاشائر”
  • Uzbek: “Leyland, Lankashir”
  • Volapük: “Leyland”
  • Welsh: “Leyland, Swydd Gaerhirfryn”
  • Welsh: “Leyland”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Leyland Family Hearing Centre and Leyland Library.

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