Larches Wood

Larches Wood is a forest in Preston District, Lancashire, England. Larches Wood is situated nearby to the neighborhood Savick, as well as near the suburb Ashton-on-Ribble.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Preston Railway Station and Church of St Walburge, Preston.

Preston Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Miss Saff, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Preston railway station serves the city of Preston, in Lancashire, England. It is an interchange on the West Coast Main Line, which lies approximately half-way between London Euston and Glasgow Central.

Church of St Walburge, Preston

Church

St Walburge's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Preston, Lancashire, England, northwest of the city centre on Weston Street. The church was built in the mid-19th century to a design by the Gothic Revival architect Joseph Hansom, the designer of the hansom cab, and is famous as having the tallest spire of any parish church in England.

Preston Riverside railway station

Railway station

Preston Riverside railway station is the only station on the heritage Ribble Steam Railway, in Riversway, Preston, Lancashire, England. It was built and opened in 2005, adjacent to the museum and workshops, while providing a heritage service to Strand Road Crossing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Preston and Penwortham.

Preston

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Preston is a city in the county of Lancashire in North West England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a former textile and engineering town; it still makes aircraft, hosts the county local government, and has a university.

Penwortham

Town

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Penwortham is a town and civil parish in South Ribble, Lancashire, England, on the south bank of the River Ribble facing the city of Preston. The town is at the most westerly crossing point of the river, with major road and rail links crossing it here.

Longton

Village

Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longton is a village and civil parish in the west of the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, England. It is about 4 miles to the south west of Preston.

Larches Wood

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

53.7652° or 53° 45′ 55″ north

Longitude

-2.7531° or 2° 45′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C5VQ68W+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 45235091

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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