Bescar Lane railway station
Bescar Lane railway station is on the Manchester to Southport Line, 4+1⁄2 miles east of Southport in the village of Scarisbrick. Bescar Lane is an old cottage-style station, operated by Northern Trains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as: “BES” and “Bescar Lane Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mark’s Church, Scarisbrick and WWT Martin Mere.
St Mark’s Church, Scarisbrick
Church
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St Mark's Church stands on the corner of Southport Road and Jacksmere Lane in Scarisbrick, Lancashire, England. Built in 1848–51, it is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. St Mark’s Church, Scarisbrick is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Bescar Lane railway station.
WWT Martin Mere
Nature reserve
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WWT Martin Mere is a wetland nature reserve and wildfowl collection managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Tarlscough, Burscough, Lancashire, England, on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, 6 miles from Ormskirk and 10 miles from Southport. WWT Martin Mere is situated 2 miles east of Bescar Lane railway station.
New Lane railway station
Railway station
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New Lane railway station serves the town of Burscough in West Lancashire, in England. It is served and managed by Northern Trains and is situated near the Martin Mere bird sanctuary, which can be reached by a 1-mile walk. New Lane railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of Bescar Lane railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blowick and Churchtown.
Blowick
Suburb
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Blowick is a suburb on the east side of the town of Southport, Merseyside, England. Blowick is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bescar Lane railway station.
Churchtown
Suburb
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Churchtown is a suburb of Southport, Merseyside, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is surrounded by Crossens, High Park and Marshside in the ancient parish of North Meols on the northern fringe of what is now Southport. Churchtown is situated 3 miles northwest of Bescar Lane railway station.
Meols Cop
Suburb
Meols Cop is a small area within the Blowick suburb, in the coastal town of Southport, Merseyside in north-western England. It is not a suburb or ward in its own right. Meols Cop is situated 3 miles northwest of Bescar Lane railway station.
Bescar Lane railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Scarisbrick, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.62385° or 53° 37′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.91455° or 2° 54′ 52″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“BES”Open location code
9C5VJ3FP+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3713687525OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Bescar Lane railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Bescar Lane”
- Dutch: “Station Bescar Lane”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بيسكار لان”
- French: “Bescar Lane”
- French: “gare de Bescar Lane”
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