Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire is a railway station on the Ribble Valley Line that serves the villages/suburbs of Ramsgreave and Wilpshire. The station is 2+3⁄4 miles north of Blackburn railway station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Lancashire, England
- Also known as: “Ramsgreave And Wilpshire Railway Station”, “Ramsgreave and Wilpshire Station”, and “RGW”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Gabriel’s Church and Blackburn Cathedral.
St Gabriel’s Church
Church
Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Gabriel's is an active English Anglican church in Blackburn, Lancashire. Designed by F. X. Velarde, St Gabriel's is regarded as a milestone in the development of Modern English ecclesiastical architecture. St Gabriel’s Church is situated 2,000 feet south of Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station.
Blackburn Cathedral
Church
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
Blackburn Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin with Saint Paul, is an Anglican cathedral situated in the heart of Blackburn town centre, in Lancashire, England. Blackburn Cathedral is situated 2½ miles south of Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station.
Pleckgate High School
School
Pleckgate High School is a mixed, Ofsted rated Outstanding secondary school located in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Previously a community school and Mathematics and Computing College administered by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, in February 2016 Pleckgate High School converted to academy status. Pleckgate High School is situated 1 mile southwest of Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brownhill and York.
Brownhill
Suburb
Brownhill is a suburb of Blackburn, in the unitary borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north-east of the town centre, in the Roe Lee ward which has an estimated population of 5,948.
York
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
York is a hamlet in the Ribble Valley district of the county of Lancashire, England. Part of the Billington and Langho civil parish, it is located southeast of the village of Langho on the old turnpike road between Whalley and Blackburn. York is situated 2 miles northeast of Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station.
Blackburn
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blackburn is a large town in Lancashire in North West England. The town has some attractive public buildings and parks, but it is mostly known for its contribution to the cotton weaving industry and for its successful premiership football team, Blackburn Rovers.
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Ramsgreave, Ribble Valley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.77999° or 53° 46′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.47806° or 2° 28′ 41″ westElevation
512 feet (156 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“RGW”Open location code
9C5VQGHC+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2185022486OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Ramsgreave and Wilpshire”
- Dutch: “Station Ramsgreave and Wilpshire”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة رامسجرياڤ اند ويلپشير”
- French: “gare de Ramsgreave and Wilpshire”
- French: “Ramsgreave and Wilpshire”
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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 “Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station”. Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.