Woodwards Plantation

Woodwards Plantation is a forest in Simonswood, West Lancashire District, England. Woodwards Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Barrow Nook, as well as near the town Kirkby.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Headbolt Lane railway station and Kirkby railway station.

Headbolt Lane railway station

Railway station

Headbolt Lane is a railway station in Kirkby, Merseyside, England, which opened on 5 October 2023. The station is the interchange between Merseyrail's Northern Line and the unelectrified Headbolt Lane branch line, operated by Northern Trains.

Kirkby railway station

Railway station

Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirkby railway station serves the town of Kirkby, Merseyside, England. It is located 7.5 miles north-east of Liverpool Central and is on the Headbolt Lane branch of Merseyrail's Northern Line.

St Mark’s Church

Church

Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkby and Knowsley.

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.

Rainford

Village

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rainford is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England, 5 miles north of St Helens. At the 2011 Census, the population was 7,779.

Woodwards Plantation

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

53.4966° or 53° 29′ 48″ north

Longitude

-2.8539° or 2° 51′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C5VF4WW+JC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 915517566

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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