Alston Wood

Alston Wood is a forest in Grimsargh, Preston District, England. Alston Wood is situated nearby to the neighborhood Alston Hall, as well as near the hamlet Jackson’s Banks.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Leonard’s Church and St Michael’s Church, Grimsargh.

St Leonard’s Church

Church

Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Leonard's Church is in the village of Balderstone, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.

St Michael’s Church, Grimsargh

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Michael's Church is in the village of Grimsargh, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Grimsargh, the archdeaconry of Preston, and the diocese of Blackburn.

St Lawrence’s Church, Longridge

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Lawrence's Church, located on Chapel Hill in Longridge, Lancashire, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn. Built as a chapel of ease of St Wilfrid, Ribchester in the early 16th century, it was made a parish church in 1868, a role it now shares, jointly, with the nearby St Paul's Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longridge and Ribchester.

Longridge

Town

Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longridge is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. It is situated 8 miles north-east of the city of Preston, at the western end of Longridge Fell, a long ridge above the River Ribble.

Ribchester

Village

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Ribchester is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Ribble, six miles northwest of Blackburn and twelve miles east of Preston.

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.

Alston Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Grimsargh, Preston District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.7973° or 53° 47′ 50″ north

Longitude

-2.595° or 2° 35′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C5VQCW3+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 725620242

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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