The Straits
The Straits is a locality in South Ribble, Lancashire, England. The Straits is situated nearby to the neighborhood Earnshaw Bridge, as well as near Broadfield.Places of Interest
Highlights include Academy@Worden and British Commercial Vehicle Museum.
Academy@Worden
School
Photo: Keith Burroughs, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Worden Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Leyland, in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England. It opened in 1955 as Worden County Secondary School, and became Worden High School in 1972 with the introduction of the Comprehensive System to Lancashire and the abolition of the 11-plus examination.
British Commercial Vehicle Museum
Museum
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The British Commercial Vehicle Museum displays antiquarian buses, early fire engines and other historical and commercial vehicles produced by the British manufacturing industry.
Leyland railway station
Railway station
Photo: Terry Whalebone, CC BY 2.0.
Leyland railway station serves the town of Leyland in Lancashire, England. It was formerly "Golden Hill", the name of the street and area in which the station is based, but was renamed Leyland soon after opening.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leyland and Whitestake.
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.
Whitestake
Village
Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitestake is a small village in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England, on the eastern edge of New Longton It is at the boundary of the parishes of Farington, Longton and Penwortham. Whitestake is situated 2 miles north of The Straits.
Whittle-le-Woods
Village
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Whittle-le-Woods is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,434. Whittle-le-Woods is situated 3 miles east of The Straits.
The Straits
- Type: Locality
- Location: South Ribble, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.69629° or 53° 41′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.71549° or 2° 42′ 56″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Open location code
9C5VM7WM+GRGeoNames ID
13267723
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