Folly Wood
Folly Wood is a forest in Euxton, Chorley District, England. Folly Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Shaw Green, as well as near Runshaw Moor.Places of Interest
Highlights include Euxton Balshaw Lane railway station and Runshaw College.
Euxton Balshaw Lane railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kevin Waterhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Euxton Balshaw Lane is one of two railway stations situated in Euxton, Lancashire, England. It is a local station on the Blackpool North to Liverpool Lime Street route, on the stretch between Wigan and Preston.
Runshaw College
College
Runshaw College is a Higher and Further Education college based in Leyland, England.
Euxton Parish Church
Church
Photo: Galatas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Euxton Parish Church is in the English village of Euxton in the borough of Chorley, Lancashire. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chorley and Leyland.
Chorley
Photo: jim walton, CC BY 3.0.
Chorley is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Pennine Moors. Chorley describes itself as "Lancashire's Market Town". The markets take place most days, and continue to attract shoppers from around the local area.
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.
Astley Village
Hamlet
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Astley Village is a civil parish in the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, covering a suburb of Chorley. According to the 2011 census, its population was 3,005.
Folly Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Euxton, Chorley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.6617° or 53° 39′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.7005° or 2° 42′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C5VM76X+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 992397394OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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