Atherton Wood

Atherton Wood is a forest in Scarisbrick, West Lancashire District, England. Atherton Wood is situated nearby to the village Mere Brow, as well as near the suburb High Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bescar Lane railway station and Southport Botanic Gardens.

Bescar Lane railway station

Railway station

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Bescar Lane railway station is on the Manchester to Southport Line, 4+1⁄2 miles east of Southport in the village of Scarisbrick. Bescar Lane is an old cottage-style station, operated by Northern Trains.

Southport Botanic Gardens

Park

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Southport Botanic Gardens is a botanical garden situated in the suburban village of Churchtown, Southport, in Merseyside, England. It is often called "The Jewel in the Crown" as it is nationally known for its floral displays, which have been featured in the BBC TV program Gardener's World.

St Cuthbert’s Church

Church

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Cuthbert's Church is an Anglican church in Churchtown, Merseyside, a village that is now a suburb of Southport in the English county of Merseyside. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Liverpool and the archdeaconry of Warrington.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southport and Churchtown.

Southport

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Southport is a large tourist town of 91,703 on the coast, just north of Liverpool. It is in the borough of Sefton in Merseyside. It is in the historic county of Lancashire.

Churchtown

Suburb

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Churchtown is a suburb of Southport, Merseyside, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is surrounded by Crossens, High Park and Marshside in the ancient parish of North Meols on the northern fringe of what is now Southport.

Crossens

Suburb

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Crossens is the northernmost district of the town of Southport, Merseyside, England. Historically part of the ancient parish of North Meols and entirely in Lancashire, most of Crossens was transferred to Merseyside on 1 April 1974, when local government boundaries were reorganised nationally.

Atherton Wood

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

53.6439° or 53° 38′ 38″ north

Longitude

-2.9161° or 2° 54′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C5VJ3VM+HH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 405904282

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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