Dam Wood

Dam Wood is a forest in Charnock Richard, Chorley District, England. Dam Wood is situated nearby to the locality Four Lane Ends, as well as near the hamlet Welch Whittle.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Euxton Balshaw Lane railway station and Christ Church.

Euxton Balshaw Lane railway station

Railway station

Photo: Kevin Waterhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Euxton Balshaw Lane is one of two railway stations situated in Euxton, Lancashire, England. It is a local station on the Blackpool North to Liverpool Lime Street route, on the stretch between Wigan and Preston.

Christ Church

Church

Photo: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St John the Divine, Coppull

Church

Photo: Alphobic, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chorley and Leyland.

Chorley

Photo: jim walton, CC BY 3.0.

Chorley is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Pennine Moors. Chorley describes itself as "Lancashire's Market Town". The markets take place most days, and continue to attract shoppers from around the local area.

Leyland

Town

Photo: Terry Whalebone, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Coppull

Village

Photo: David Hignett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coppull is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is part of the Borough of Chorley, lies around 300 feet above sea level. Its population is around 8,000, having been counted at 8,300 in the 2021Census.

Dam Wood

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

53.6377° or 53° 38′ 16″ north

Longitude

-2.6886° or 2° 41′ 19″ west

Open location code

9C5VJ8Q6+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 775009235

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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