Balcony Wood
Balcony Wood is a forest in Up Holland, West Lancashire District, England. Balcony Wood is situated nearby to the suburb Pimbo, as well as near the quarter Holland Moor.Places of Interest
Highlights include Upholland railway station and Orrell railway station.
Upholland railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upholland railway station serves the small town of Up Holland in the southern Lancashire/Wigan boundary area of England. It is on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan Wallgate and means the service runs through three counties on its journey from Wigan to Kirkby.
Orrell railway station
Railway station
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orrell railway station serves the Orrell area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is a small two-platform commuter hub on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan.
Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Up Holland
Church
Photo: PC78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St Thomas the Martyr is in School Lane, Up Holland, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skelmersdale and Orrell.
Skelmersdale
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skelmersdale is a town in the West Lancashire 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.
Orrell
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orrell is a suburb of Wigan in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The population of the ward had fallen at the 2011 Census to 11,513.
Up Holland
Village
Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
Up Holland is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, 4 miles west of Wigan. The population at the 2011 census was 7,376.
Balcony Wood
Latitude
53.5295° or 53° 31′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.748° or 2° 44′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C5VG7H2+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 985284021OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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