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
Photo: Sherpa 536, CC BY 2.0.
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 Whittle-le-Woods.
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.
Whittle-le-Woods
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Bolton Green
Hamlet
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolton Green is a village in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. Bolton Green Hall farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building dating from 1612. Bolton Green is situated 2½ miles south 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″ northLongitude
-2.69522° or 2° 41′ 43″ westLevels
1Open location code
9C5VM8Q3+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 953406470OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritage
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