Burscough
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Burscough () is a town and civil parish in the Western district of Lancashire, England. The town is located approximately north-northeast of Liverpool and southwest of Preston. Its northern part is called Burscough Bridge, and was originally a separate settlement.
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- Locality
- West Lancashire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 8,799
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Burscough
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Burscough Wharf - geograph.org.uk - 3538992.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Burscough Bridge
- UK place.population
- 9,935
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD444118
- UK place.post_town
- ORMSKIRK
- UK place.postcode_area
- L
- UK place.postcode_district
- L40
- UK place.dial_code
- 01704
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Lancashire
- UK place.civil_parish
- Burscough
- UK place.shire_district
- West Lancashire
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of West Lancashire
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Shown within West Lancashire
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- History and growth
- Administration
- RNAS Burscough (HMS ''Ringtail'')
- Community
- Schools
- Retail and commercial
- Burscough Wharf
- Churches
- Transport
- Victor Electrics
- Windmill Farm Railway
- Sport and leisure
- Burscough F.C.
- Allotment society
- Fishing
- Martin Mere
- Gallery
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Burscough () is a town and civil parish in the Western district of Lancashire, England. The town is located approximately north-northeast of Liverpool and southwest of Preston. Its northern part is called Burscough Bridge, and was originally a separate settlement.
The parish includes the hamlets of New Lane and Tarlscough and the Martin Mere Wetland Centre. The recorded population of the parish in the 2021 Census was 9,935, an increase from 9,182 at the 2011 Census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burscough” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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