King’s Moss Plantation

King’s Moss Plantation is a forest in Rainford, St. Helens, England. King’s Moss Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Crank, as well as near Crawford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rainford railway station and Upholland railway station.

Rainford railway station

Railway station

Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rainford railway station is situated to the north of the village of Rainford, in Merseyside, England; it is a stop on the Kirkby branch line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Trains.

Upholland railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Upholland railway station serves the small town of Up Holland in the southern Lancashire/Wigan boundary area of England. It is on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan Wallgate and means the service runs through three counties on its journey from Wigan to Kirkby.

St Mary’s Church

Church

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St Mary's Church is an active Roman Catholic church along Birchley Road, Billinge, St Helens, Merseyside, England. Belonging to the archdiocese of Liverpool, the church was built in 1828, and extended later in that century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skelmersdale and St Helens.

Skelmersdale

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Skelmersdale is a town in the West Lancashire 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.

St Helens

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St Helens is a town in Merseyside in England, 14 miles northeast of Liverpool. It was historically part of Lancashire, but in 1974 became a separate metropolitan borough.

Rainford

Village

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Rainford is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England, 5 miles north of St Helens. At the 2011 Census, the population was 7,779.

King’s Moss Plantation

Type: Forest
Location: Rainford, St. Helens, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.5016° or 53° 30′ 6″ north

Longitude

-2.7567° or 2° 45′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C5VG62V+J8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 35368482

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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