Simonswood
Simonswood is a civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. At the 2001 census, the population was 130, increasing to 151 by the 2011 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 151 residents
- Description: civil parish in Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Simonswood, Lancashire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkby railway station and Headbolt Lane railway station.
Kirkby railway station
Railway station
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkby railway station is situated in Kirkby, Merseyside, England. It is located 7.5 miles north-east of Liverpool Central and is on the Headbolt Lane branch of Merseyrail's Northern Line.
Headbolt Lane railway station
Railway station
Headbolt Lane is a railway station in Kirkby, Merseyside, England, which opened on 5 October 2023. The station is the interchange between Merseyrail's Northern Line and the unelectrified Headbolt Lane branch line, operated by Northern.
Ashworth Hospital
Hospital
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashworth Hospital is a high-security psychiatric hospital in Maghull, 10 miles northeast of Liverpool. It is a part of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, catering to patients with psychiatric health needs that require treatment in conditions of high security.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkby and Maghull.
Kirkby
Town
Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. The town, historically in Lancashire, has a size of 4,070 acres is 5 miles north of Huyton and 6 miles north-east of Liverpool.
Maghull
Town
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Maghull is a town and civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside, England. The town is north of Liverpool and west of Kirkby. The town is also the location of Ashworth Hospital. Maghull is situated 3 miles west of Simonswood.
Aintree
Suburb
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aintree is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies between Walton and Maghull on the A59 road, 6 miles northeast of Liverpool city centre. Aintree is situated 3 miles southwest of Simonswood.
Simonswood
- Categories: locality and civil parish
- Location: West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.5062° or 53° 30′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.8754° or 2° 52′ 31″ westPopulation
151Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SMWOpen location code
9C5VG44F+FVOpenStreetMap ID
node 4502497847OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Simonswood” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Simonswood”
- Dutch: “Simonswood”
- French: “Simonswood”
- Irish: “Simonswood”
- Ladin: “Simonswood”
- Polish: “Simonswood”
- Swedish: “Simonswood”
- Turkish: “Simonswood”
- Welsh: “Simonswood”
- “Simonswood”
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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 “Simonswood”. Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.