Rufford railway station
Rufford railway station, opened on 2 April 1849, serves the village of Rufford in Lancashire, England. The station is south west of Preston on the Preston-Ormskirk branch service.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Rufford, West Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as: “RUF”, “Rufford Railway Station”, and “Rufford Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rufford and Rufford Old Hall.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rufford is situated 940 feet west of Rufford railway station.
Rufford Old Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Doug Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rufford Old Hall is a National Trust property in Rufford, Lancashire, in north-west England. Built in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth centuries for the Hesketh family, only the great hall survives from the original structure. Rufford Old Hall is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Rufford railway station.
Cottage, coach house and stables, Rufford Old Hall
Heritage site
Photo: Peter James, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cottage, coach house and stables, Rufford Old Hall is a heritage site, which is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Rufford railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bispham Green and Sollom.
Bispham Green
Village
Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
Bispham Green is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is 1 mile south of Mawdesley and less than 1 mile north of Parbold. Bispham Green is situated 2 miles southeast of Rufford railway station.
Sollom
Hamlet
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Sollom is a hamlet in the parish of Tarleton, in Lancashire, England. It lies south of Tarleton and north of Rufford on the A59 road, giving the village good links to Preston, Southport and Liverpool. Sollom is situated 2 miles north of Rufford railway station.
Hoscar
Village
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoscar is a small village in Lancashire, England. It is located 1¼ miles east of the larger village of Burscough. Hoscar is situated 2½ miles south of Rufford railway station.
Rufford railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Rufford, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.63437° or 53° 38′ 4″ northLongitude
-2.80795° or 2° 48′ 29″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“RUF”Open location code
9C5VJ5MR+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 7209348825OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Rufford railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Rufford”
- Dutch: “Station Rufford”
- French: “gare de Rufford”
- French: “Rufford”
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