The Ruff Wood
The Ruff Wood is a memorial in West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England. The Ruff Wood is situated nearby to the pitch 5-A-Side Courts, as well as near the post office Student Post Room.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ormskirk District General Hospital and Ormskirk railway station.
Ormskirk District General Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ormskirk and District General Hospital is an acute hospital in Ormskirk, Lancashire. It is managed by the Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Ormskirk District General Hospital is situated 1,900 feet northwest of The Ruff Wood.
Ormskirk railway station
Railway station
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Ormskirk railway station in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, is a cross-platform interchange between Merseyrail services from Liverpool Central and Northern Trains services from Preston on the Ormskirk branch line, 12+3⁄4 miles northeast of Liverpool. Ormskirk railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of The Ruff Wood.
Ormskirk School
School
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ormskirk School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Ormskirk in the English county of Lancashire. The school caters to approximately 1,400 pupils, aged 11 to 18. Ormskirk School is situated 2,500 feet north of The Ruff Wood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ormskirk and Westhead.
Ormskirk
Photo: Martin Stone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ormskirk is a market town in Lancashire, 13 miles north of Liverpool. With a population of 24,000 in 2011, it's the main town of West Lancashire Borough.
Westhead
Village
Photo: Chris Denny, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westhead is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. As of 2014, the estimated population was 886.
Bickerstaffe
Village
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bickerstaffe is a village and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 Census the population of the civil parish was 1,196, reducing to 1,180 at the 2011 census, although the population of the electoral ward, which includes Lathom South, was slightly greater at 2,013, reducing to 1,988 at the 2011 census. Bickerstaffe is situated 2½ miles southeast of The Ruff Wood.
The Ruff Wood
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “This wood was given in 1912 by Thomas Holcroft ESQ JP to the urban district council of Ormskirk as a public park for the benefit of inhabitants of Ormskirk”
- Category: historic site
- Location: West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.56069° or 53° 33′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.86765° or 2° 52′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C5VH46J+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 9608976721OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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