The Old Wood

The Old Wood is a forest in Whiston, Knowsley, England. The Old Wood is situated nearby to the suburb Whiston Lane Ends, as well as near Whiston Cross.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whiston railway station and Prescot railway station.

Whiston railway station

Railway station

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Whiston railway station serves the village of Whiston in Merseyside, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains. It lies on the electrified northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway 7+1⁄2 miles east of Liverpool Lime Street.

Prescot railway station

Railway station

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Prescot railway station serves the town of Prescot, Merseyside, England. It is situated on the electrified Liverpool to Wigan Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains.

Whiston Hospital

Hospital

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Whiston Hospital is an acute general hospital in Whiston, Merseyside, though its postal address places it in adjacent Prescot. The hospital is managed by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Widnes and Huyton.

Widnes

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Widnes is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 62,400. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap.

Huyton

Town

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Huyton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the Liverpool Built-up Area, it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot, Knotty Ash and Netherley.