Blashaw Dam Wood

Blashaw Dam Wood is a forest in Penwortham, South Ribble, England. Blashaw Dam Wood is situated nearby to the town Penwortham, as well as near the neighborhood Howick Cross.

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.

Harris Museum

Museum

Photo: Dave Wilson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Harris Museum, now known as The Harris, is a Grade I-listed building in Preston, Lancashire, England. Founded by Edmund Harris in 1877, it is a local history and fine art museum, and public library, covering 60,000 square feet and 23 public spaces.

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.

Blashaw Dam Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Penwortham, South Ribble, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.748° or 53° 44′ 53″ north

Longitude

-2.7416° or 2° 44′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C5VP7X5+58

OpenStreetMap ID

way 58435859

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Penwortham Priory Academy and Blashaw Wood.

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