Much Hoole

Much Hoole is a village and civil parish in the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, England. The parish of Much Hoole had a population of 1,851 at the time of the 2001 census, increasing to 1,997 at the 2011 Census.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bank Hall and Croston railway station.

Bank Hall

Heritage site

Photo: Bankhall, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bank Hall is a Jacobean mansion in Bretherton, Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and is at the centre of its own private estate, surrounded by parkland.

Croston railway station

Railway station

Photo: Kevin Waterhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Croston railway station serves the small village of Croston, near Chorley in Lancashire, England; the station is on the Ormskirk Branch Line 7 miles south west of Preston. Croston railway station is situated 2 miles south of Much Hoole.

All Saints Church, Hesketh Bank

Church

Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.

All Saints Church is in Station Road, Hesketh Bank, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leyland, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longton and Leyland.

Longton

Village

Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longton is a village and civil parish in the west of the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, England. It is about 4 miles to the south west of Preston. Longton is situated 2 miles north of Much Hoole.

Leyland

Town

Photo: Terry Whalebone, CC BY 2.0.

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. Leyland is situated 4 miles east of Much Hoole.

Hesketh Bank

Village

Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.

Hesketh Bank is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England, 7 miles north-east of Southport and 7 miles south-west of Preston. The village is within the civil parish of Hesketh-with-Becconsall, which includes the village of Becconsall immediately to the south and which borders the Ribble Estuary to the north. Hesketh Bank is situated 2½ miles west of Much Hoole.

Much Hoole

Type: Locality
Location: South Ribble, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.6969° or 53° 41′ 49″ north

Longitude

-2.7945° or 2° 47′ 40″ west

Elevation

49 feet (15 metres)

Open location code

9C5VM6W4+Q5

GeoNames ID

7295955

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