Alma Wood

Alma Wood is a forest in Croston, Chorley District, England. Alma Wood is situated nearby to the locality Holland Meadow, as well as near the village Rufford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rufford Old Hall and Rufford railway station.

Rufford Old Hall

Manor estate

Photo: Doug Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rufford Old Hall is a National Trust property in Rufford, Lancashire, in north-west England. Built in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth centuries for the Hesketh family, only the great hall survives from the original structure.

Rufford railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chris1193, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rufford railway station, opened on 2 April 1849, serves the village of Rufford in Lancashire, England. The station is south west of Preston on the Preston-Ormskirk branch service.

Croston railway station

Railway station

Photo: Kevin Waterhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Croston railway station serves the small village of Croston, near Chorley in Lancashire, England; the station is on the Ormskirk Branch Line 7 miles south west of Preston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sollom and Eccleston.

Sollom

Hamlet

Photo: Small-town hero, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sollom is a hamlet in the parish of Tarleton, in Lancashire, England. It lies south of Tarleton and north of Rufford on the A59 road, giving the village good links to Preston, Southport and Liverpool.

Eccleston

Village

Photo: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eccleston is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. It is beside the River Yarrow, and was formerly an agricultural and later a weaving settlement.

Bispham Green

Village

Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.

Bispham Green is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is 1 mile south of Mawdesley and less than 1 mile north of Parbold.

Alma Wood

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

53.6451° or 53° 38′ 42″ north

Longitude

-2.7914° or 2° 47′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C5VJ6W5+2F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 28272720

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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