Sharples Plantation

Sharples Plantation is a forest in Rainford, St. Helens, England. Sharples Plantation is situated nearby to the village Rainford, as well as near the suburb Windle.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rainford railway station and Rainford High School.

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.

Rainford High School

School

Rainford High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Rainford, Merseyside, England. It first opened in 1940 and continues to serve the communities of St Helens, West Lancashire, Wigan and Kirkby to this day.

Christ Church

Church

Photo: John Stead, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Helens and Eccleston.

St Helens

Photo: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Eccleston

Suburb

Photo: John Stead, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eccleston is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 10,433. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the early history of Eccleston is marked by its status as a township, an area much larger than the modern civil parish, extending into what is now St. Helens.

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.

Sharples Plantation

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

53.4871° or 53° 29′ 14″ north

Longitude

-2.7967° or 2° 47′ 48″ west

Open location code

9C5VF6P3+R8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 41291729

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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