Burscough
Burscough is a town and civil parish in the Western district of Lancashire, England. The town is located approximately 14 miles north-northeast of Liverpool and 13 miles southwest of Preston.Places of Interest
Highlights include Burscough Junction railway station and WWT Martin Mere.
Burscough Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
Burscough Junction pronounced is one of two railway stations serving the town of Burscough in Lancashire, England. It is sited on the Ormskirk Branch Line, 2+1⁄2 miles north of Ormskirk and is served by Northern Trains.
WWT Martin Mere
Nature reserve
Photo: Tony Corsini, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
New Lane railway station
Railway station
Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ormskirk and Lathom.
Ormskirk
Photo: Martin Stone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ormskirk is a market town in Lancashire, 13 miles north of Liverpool. With a population of 24,000 in 2011, it's the main town of West Lancashire Borough.
Lathom
Village
Photo: Doug Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lathom is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, near Skelmersdale, about 3 miles east of Ormskirk. It is in the district of West Lancashire, and with the parish of Newburgh forms part of Newburgh ward.
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 3½ miles east of Burscough.
Burscough
- Type: Locality
- Location: West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.6101° or 53° 36′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.8527° or 2° 51′ 10″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C5VJ46W+2WGeoNames ID
7295386
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