Big Wood

Big Wood is a forest in Melling, Sefton, England. Big Wood is situated nearby to the village Melling Mount, as well as near Simonswood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ashworth Hospital and Maghull railway station.

Ashworth Hospital

Hospital

Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashworth Hospital is a high-security psychiatric hospital in Maghull, 10 miles northeast of Liverpool. It is a part of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, catering to patients with psychiatric health needs that require treatment in conditions of high security.

Maghull railway station

Railway station

Photo: Scott14, Public domain.

Maghull railway station is a railway station in Maghull, a suburb of Liverpool, England. It is situated on the Ormskirk branch of the Northern Line of the Merseyrail network.

Maghull North railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Maghull North is a station in Maghull, Merseyside, England, on the Northern Line of Merseyrail. The station opened on 18 June 2018 to serve the north end of Maghull.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ormskirk and Kirkby.

Ormskirk

Photo: Martin Stone, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ormskirk is a market town in Lancashire, 13 miles north of Liverpool. With a population of 24,000 in 2011, it's the main town of West Lancashire Borough.

Kirkby

Town

Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirkby is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. The town, historically in Lancashire, has a size of 4,070 acres is 5 miles north of Huyton and 6 miles north-east of Liverpool.

Maghull

Town

Photo: Irate, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Maghull is a town and civil parish in Sefton, Merseyside, England. The town is north of Liverpool and west of Kirkby. The town is also the location of Ashworth Hospital.

Big Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Melling, Sefton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.5149° or 53° 30′ 54″ north

Longitude

-2.8959° or 2° 53′ 45″ west

Open location code

9C5VG473+XM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 460934033

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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