Lancashire
Preston District
Broughton

Broughton

Broughton is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston, , England, approximately 4 miles north of city centre. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,735, decreasing to 1,722 at the 2011 Census, increasing to 2,467 at the 2021.
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  • Type: Village with 2,470 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Preston, Lancashire, UK
  • Also known as: “Broughton-in-Amounderness”, “Broughton-in-Amounderness‎”, “Broughton-in-Amounderness‎, Lancashire”, and “Broughton, Lancashire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Broughton High School and St John the Baptist’s Church, Broughton.

School
is a coeducational secondary school located in Broughton in the English county of . Established in 1975, it is a community school administered by Lancashire County Council.

Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist's Church is in Church Lane, Broughton, , England. It is an active Anglican in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.

Library
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goosnargh and Catforth.

Village
Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston district of , England. The village lies between Broughton and , and mostly lies in the civil parish of , although the ancient centre lies in the civil parish of . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Broughton.

Village
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is a village in the English civil parish of and the City of Preston district, in , England. There is a village hall and the now-closed pub, The Running Pump, is situated on Road, which is the village's main road. is situated 3 miles west of Broughton.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Broughton

Latitude
53.81002° or 53° 48′ 36″ north
Longitude
-2.72384° or 2° 43′ 26″ west
Population
2,470
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
Open location code
9C5VR76G+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29145687
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2654505
Wiki­data ID
Q2540492
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Broughton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Broughton (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Lancashire)”
  • Cebuano: “Broughton”
  • Dutch: “Broughton-in-Amounderness‎”
  • Dutch: “Broughton”
  • French: “Broughton”
  • German: “Broughton (Lancashire)”
  • German: “Broughton”
  • Irish: “Broughton”
  • Japanese: “ブロートン”
  • Ladin: “Broughton”
  • Polish: “Broughton”
  • Portuguese: “Broughton”
  • Spanish: “Broughton”
  • Swedish: “Broughton (parish i Storbritannien, England, Lancashire)”
  • Swedish: “Broughton, Lancashire”
  • Swedish: “Broughton”
  • Turkish: “Broughton, Lancashire”
  • Welsh: “Broughton, Swydd Gaerhirfryn”
  • Welsh: “Broughton”
  • “Broughton”

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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 “Broughton”. Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.