Rector’s Wood

Rector’s Wood is a forest in Mawdesley, Chorley District, England. Rector’s Wood is situated nearby to the neighborhood Towngate, as well as near the village Mawdesley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Peter’s Church and Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Eccleston.

St Peter’s Church

Church

Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Peter's Church is in High Street in the village of Mawdesley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.

Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Eccleston

Church

Photo: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rufford railway station

Railway station

Photo: Chris1193, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rufford railway station, opened on 2 April 1849, serves the village of Rufford in Lancashire, England. The station is south west of Preston on the Preston-Ormskirk branch service.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eccleston and Sollom.

Eccleston

Village

Photo: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eccleston is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. It is beside the River Yarrow, and was formerly an agricultural and later a weaving settlement.

Sollom

Hamlet

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Sollom is a hamlet in the parish of Tarleton, in Lancashire, England. It lies south of Tarleton and north of Rufford on the A59 road, giving the village good links to Preston, Southport and Liverpool.

Bispham Green

Village

Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.

Bispham Green is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is 1 mile south of Mawdesley and less than 1 mile north of Parbold.

Rector’s Wood

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

53.6353° or 53° 38′ 7″ north

Longitude

-2.7593° or 2° 45′ 33″ west

Open location code

9C5VJ6PR+47

OpenStreetMap ID

way 730268756

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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