Forshaw’s Strip
Forshaw’s Strip is a forest in Croston, Chorley District, England. Forshaw’s Strip is situated nearby to the village Croston, as well as near the hamlet Cock Robin.Places of Interest
Highlights include Croston railway station and Rufford Old Hall.
Croston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kevin Waterhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croston railway station serves the small village of Croston, near Chorley in Lancashire, England; the station is on the Ormskirk Branch Line 7 miles south west of Preston.
Rufford Old Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Doug Elliot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rufford Old Hall is a National Trust property in Rufford, Lancashire, in north-west England. Built in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth centuries for the Hesketh family, only the great hall survives from the original structure.
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 Sollom and Bispham Green.
Sollom
Hamlet
Photo: Small-town hero, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Forshaw’s Strip
- Type: Forest
- Location: Croston, Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.6503° or 53° 39′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.7737° or 2° 46′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C5VM62G+4GOpenStreetMap ID
way 797970400OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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