Birchall’s Wood

Birchall’s Wood is a forest in Bickerstaffe, West Lancashire District, England. Birchall’s Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Barrow Nook, as well as near Park Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rainford railway station and Church of Holy Trinity.

Rainford railway station

Railway station

Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rainford railway station is situated to the north of the village of Rainford, in Merseyside, England; it is a stop on the Kirkby branch line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Trains.

Church of Holy Trinity

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rainford High School

School

Rainford High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Rainford, Merseyside, England. It first opened in 1940 and continues to serve the communities of St Helens, West Lancashire, Wigan and Kirkby to this day.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skelmersdale and Kirkby.

Skelmersdale

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Skelmersdale is a town in the Western district of Lancashire, England. It sits on the River Tawd, 6 miles west of Wigan, 13 miles north-east of Liverpool and 15 miles south-west of Preston.

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.

Knowsley

Village

Photo: slrjester, CC BY 2.0.

Knowsley, commonly known as Knowsley Village, is a large village and civil parish in Merseyside located on the north-east outskirts of Liverpool, within the much larger Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley It gave its name to the wider borough when it was formed in 1974.

Birchall’s Wood

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

53.5123° or 53° 30′ 44″ north

Longitude

-2.8295° or 2° 49′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C5VG56C+W5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 791868402

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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