The Rough
The Rough is a forest in Rainhill, St. Helens, England. The Rough is situated nearby to the suburb Rainhill, as well as near the village Cronton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Whiston railway station and Rainhill railway station.
Whiston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whiston railway station serves the village of Whiston in Merseyside, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains. It lies on the electrified northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway 7+1⁄2 miles east of Liverpool Lime Street.
Rainhill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kevin Waterhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rainhill railway station serves the village of Rainhill in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the electrified northern route of the Liverpool to Manchester Line, forming part of the Liverpool City Line.
Whiston Hospital
Hospital
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Whiston Hospital is an acute general hospital in Whiston, Merseyside, though its postal address places it in adjacent Prescot. The hospital is managed by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Widnes and St Helens.
Widnes
Photo: Rancher2019, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Widnes is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 62,400. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap.
St Helens
Photo: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Helens is a town in Merseyside in England, 14 miles northeast of Liverpool. It was historically part of Lancashire, but in 1974 became a separate metropolitan borough.
Huyton
Town
Photo: Sue Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huyton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the Liverpool Built-up Area, it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot, Knotty Ash and Netherley.
The Rough
- Type: Forest
- Location: Rainhill, St. Helens, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.4051° or 53° 24′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.7669° or 2° 46′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C5VC64M+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 990138238OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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