The Watch House

The Watch House is a heritage site in South Ribble, Lancashire, England. The Watch House is situated nearby to South Ribble Museum & Exhibition Centre, as well as near the heritage site The Eagle and Child.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Leyland and British Commercial Vehicle Museum.

St Andrew’s Church, Leyland

Church

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

St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in Leyland, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn.

British Commercial Vehicle Museum

Museum

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The British Commercial Vehicle Museum displays antiquarian buses, early fire engines and other historical and commercial vehicles produced by the British manufacturing industry. British Commercial Vehicle Museum is situated 1,800 feet north of The Watch House.

Runshaw College

College

Runshaw College is a Higher and Further Education college based in Leyland, England. Runshaw College is situated 3,200 feet southeast of The Watch House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leyland and Euxton.

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.

Euxton

Village

Photo: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Euxton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 9,993, but is now estimated to be around 14,000 due to housing developments in the village, including at Buckshaw. Euxton is situated 2 miles southeast of The Watch House.

Whittle-le-Woods

Village

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Whittle-le-Woods is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,434. Whittle-le-Woods is situated 2½ miles east of The Watch House.

The Watch House

Type: Heritage site
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: South Ribble, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.68871° or 53° 41′ 19″ north

Longitude

-2.69522° or 2° 41′ 43″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C5VM8Q3+FW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 953406470

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

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