Broad Wood
Broad Wood is in Rainford, St. Helens, England. Broad Wood is situated nearby to the forest Paddock Wood, as well as near Hangman’s Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Upholland railway station and Billinge Hill.
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. Upholland railway station is situated 1¼ miles north of Broad Wood.
Billinge Hill
Peak
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Billinge Hill is in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in North West England. With a maximum elevation of 179 m, it is the highest point of Merseyside.
Orrell railway station
Railway station
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orrell railway station serves the Orrell area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is a small two-platform commuter hub on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan. Orrell railway station is situated 2 miles northeast of Broad Wood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longshaw and Rainford.
Longshaw
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longshaw is a small residential and agricultural area within Billinge Higher End at the western boundary of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.
Rainford
Village
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Rainford is situated 2 miles west of Broad Wood.
Up Holland
Village
Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
Up Holland is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, 4 miles west of Wigan. The population at the 2011 census was 7,376. Up Holland is situated 2½ miles north of Broad Wood.
Broad Wood
- Type: Shrubland
- Location: Rainford, St. Helens, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.50928° or 53° 30′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.74111° or 2° 44′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C5VG755+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 35425089OpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrub
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