Little Altcar

Little Altcar is a village and civil parish in the on , within the boundaries of the historic county of and on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain of .
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  • Type: Suburb with 1,040 residents
  • Description: civil parish and suburban area in Merseyside, England
  • Also known as: Little Altcar (civil parish), Sefton”, “Little Altcar, Merseyside”, and “Little Altcar, Sefton

Places of Interest

Highlights include Formby railway station and St Michael and All Angels Church, Altcar.

Railway station
is a railway station in the town of , , . The station is located on the branch of the Merseyrail network's Northern Line. The station has a car park.

Church
Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
St Michael and All Angels Church stands to the west of the village of , West Lancashire, England. The church is timber-framed and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

School
is an English secondary school with academy status located in the town of , . The local primary schools Freshfield, Redgate and Trinity St. Peter's act as feeder schools to Formby High.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freshfield and Lady Green.

Suburb
is an area of , in the , , , situated at the northern end of the town. It has no local political distinction or representation and is included as part of the two council wards which make up Formby, nor is it any longer separated in a physical sense from the town.

Hamlet
is a hamlet half a mile east of , in , , England. It is a traditional grouping of farm buildings built on medieval footings. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Little Altcar.

Village
is a small village in the district of , England. Despite being within 8 miles of it has retained its rural character by, for example, opting not to have street lights. is situated 3 miles south of Little Altcar.

Little Altcar

Latitude
53.54688° or 53° 32′ 49″ north
Longitude
-3.05135° or 3° 3′ 5″ west
Population
1,040
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
9C5RGWWX+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30644304
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
10108186
Wiki­data ID
Q2803503
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Little Altcar” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: লিটল অল্টার
  • Cebuano: Little Altcar
  • Chinese: 小奧特卡
  • Dutch: Little Altcar
  • French: Little Altcar
  • German: Little Altcar
  • Gujarati: લિટલ ઓલ્ટકાર
  • Irish: Little Altcar
  • Japanese: リトル・アルトカー
  • Kannada: ಲಿಟಲ್ ಆಲ್ಟ್ಕಾರ್
  • Korean: 리틀 앨러카
  • Lithuanian: Litl Altkaras
  • Polish: Little Altcar
  • Portuguese: Little Altcar
  • Russian: Литл-Альткар
  • Spanish: Little Altcar
  • Swedish: Little Altcar
  • Tamil: லிட்டில் ஆல்ட்கார்
  • Telugu: లిటిల్ ఆల్ట్కార్
  • Turkish: Little Altcar
  • Urdu: لٹل التکار
  • Little Altcar

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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 “Little Altcar”. Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 2.0.