Great Altcar
Great Altcar is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, close to Formby on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. The population as taken at the 2011 census was 213.Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 223 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England
- Also known as: “Altcar” and “Great Altcar, Lancashire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Michael and All Angels Church, Altcar and Formby railway station.
St Michael and All Angels Church, Altcar
Church
Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
St Michael and All Angels Church stands to the west of the village of Great Altcar, West Lancashire, England. The church is timber-framed and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
Formby railway station
Railway station
Photo: BazzaDaRambler, CC BY 2.0.
Formby railway station is a railway station in the town of Formby, Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. The station has a car park. Formby railway station is situated 2 miles west of Great Altcar.
Hightown railway station
Railway station
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hightown railway station serves the village of Hightown in Merseyside, England. The station is located on the Southport branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. Hightown railway station is situated 2½ miles southwest of Great Altcar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lady Green and Formby.
Lady Green
Hamlet
Lady Green is a hamlet half a mile east of Ince Blundell, in Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is a traditional grouping of farm buildings built on medieval footings. Lady Green is situated 1½ miles south of Great Altcar.
Formby
Formby is a small, affluent town in Merseyside. Formby's sleepy atmosphere, wealthy residents, and National Trust Reserve make it a popular destination for tourists in the summer months.
Freshfield
Suburb
Freshfield is an area of Formby, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, situated at the northern end of the town. It has no local political distinction or representation and is included as part of the two council wards which make up Formby, nor is it any longer separated in a physical sense from the town. Freshfield is situated 2½ miles west of Great Altcar.
Great Altcar
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Great Altcar, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.54932° or 53° 32′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.01903° or 3° 1′ 9″ westPopulation
223Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C5RGXXJ+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 30644293OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2648176Wikidata ID
Q3399997
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Great Altcar” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Altcar”
- Dutch: “Great Altcar”
- French: “Great Altcar”
- Irish: “Great Altcar”
- Italian: “Great Altcar”
- Ladin: “Great Altcar”
- Persian: “گریت آلتکار”
- Polish: “Great Altcar”
- Swedish: “Great Altcar”
- Turkish: “Great Altcar”
- Welsh: “Great Altcar”
- “Great Altcar”
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