Haighton
Haighton is a civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. It is a rural area north east of the urban city of Preston, beyond Fulwood and Brookfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 201 residents
- Description: civil parish in Lancashire, UK
- Also known as: “Haighton (civil parish), Lancashire” and “Haighton, Lancashire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Deepdale and Preston College.
Deepdale
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deepdale is a football stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England that is the home ground of Preston North End. Built in 1875 and in use since 1878, Deepdale is recognised as being one of the oldest continuously used football stadiums in the world, although the club's claim that it is the oldest is contested. Deepdale is situated 2½ miles south of Haighton.
Preston College
College
Preston College is a further education in the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. The college originally opened as W. R. Tuson College in September 1974 and was renamed Preston College on 1 September 1989.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Broughton
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist's Church is in Church Lane, Broughton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preston and Goosnargh.
Preston
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Preston is a city in the county of Lancashire in North West England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a former textile and engineering town; it still makes aircraft, hosts the county local government, and has a university.
Goosnargh
Village
Photo: Dr Greg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goosnargh is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston district of Lancashire, England. The village lies between Broughton and Longridge, and mostly lies in the civil parish of Whittingham, although the ancient centre lies in the civil parish of Goosnargh.
Haighton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Preston District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.8053° or 53° 48′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.6836° or 2° 41′ 1″ westPopulation
201Elevation
213 feet (65 metres)Open location code
9C5VR848+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 29050976OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
7295944Wikidata ID
Q2243823
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Haighton from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Haighton” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Хаигхтон”
- Cebuano: “Haighton”
- Dutch: “Haighton”
- French: “Haighton”
- Irish: “Haighton”
- Polish: “Haighton”
- Swedish: “Haighton”
- Turkish: “Haighton”
- Welsh: “Haighton”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Haighton”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sherwood and Sharoe Green.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cockshoot Wood and St Mary at Fernyhalgh and Ladyewell.
Lancashire: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Blackpool, Blackburn, Preston, and Lancaster.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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 “Haighton”. Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.