Alex Wood

Alex Wood is a forest in Lathom, West Lancashire District, England. Alex Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Westhead, as well as near the town Burscough.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burscough Junction railway station and Ormskirk railway station.

Burscough Junction railway station

Railway station

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Burscough Junction pronounced is one of two railway stations serving the town of Burscough in Lancashire, England. It is sited on the Ormskirk Branch Line, 2+1⁄2 miles north of Ormskirk and is served by Northern Trains.

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.

Burscough Bridge railway station

Railway station

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Burscough Bridge railway station is one of two railway stations which serve the town of Burscough in Lancashire, England. It lies on the Manchester-Southport Line, operated and managed by Northern Trains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ormskirk and Skelmersdale.

Ormskirk

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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.

Skelmersdale

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Skelmersdale is a town in the Western district of Lancashire, England. It sits on the River Tawd, 6 miles west of Wigan, 13 miles north-east of Liverpool and 15 miles south-west of Preston.