Great Grandfathers

Great Grandfathers is a bookstore in South Ribble, Lancashire, England, which is located on Towngate. Great Grandfathers is situated near the sports venue Natbridge Boxing Academy, as well as near Leyland Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Andrew’s Church, Leyland and British Commercial Vehicle Museum.

St Andrew’s Church, Leyland

Church

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St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in Leyland, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn. St Andrew’s Church, Leyland is situated 870 feet south of Great Grandfathers.

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. British Commercial Vehicle Museum is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Great Grandfathers.

Wellfield Academy

School

Wellfield Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Leyland in the English county of Lancashire. Wellfield High School was previously awarded specialist status as a Business and Enterprise College. Wellfield Academy is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Great Grandfathers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leyland and Euxton.

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.

Euxton

Village

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Euxton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 9,993, but is now estimated to be around 14,000 due to housing developments in the village, including at Buckshaw. Euxton is situated 2 miles southeast of Great Grandfathers.

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 2½ miles east of Great Grandfathers.

Great Grandfathers

Type: Bookstore
Address: Towngate, Leyland, PR25 2LR
Category: shop
Location: South Ribble, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.69107° or 53° 41′ 28″ north

Longitude

-2.69734° or 2° 41′ 50″ west

Open location code

9C5VM8R3+C3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4088403304

OpenStreetMap feature

shop=books

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Natbridge Boxing Academy and Leyland Library.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Towngate Shoe Repairs and Citizens Advice Bureau.

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