Skelmersdale
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Skelmersdale is a town in the Western district of Lancashire, England. It sits on the River Tawd, west of Wigan, north-east of Liverpool and south-west of Preston. In 2006, it had a population of 38,813. The town is known locally as Skem .
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Within Vinony's link graph, Skelmersdale is referenced by 336 other articles, and connects out to West Lancashire, Up Holland and Hill Dale.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Former civil parishes in Lancashire, Geography of the Borough of West Lancashire and Planned communities established in the 1960s.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Skelmersdale
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Concourse, Skelmersdale.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Concourse shopping centre, Skelmersdale
- UK place.population
- 38,813
- UK place.shire_district
- West Lancashire
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Lancashire
- UK place.post_town
- SKELMERSDALE
- UK place.postcode_district
- WN8
- UK place.postcode_area
- WN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01695
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD487062
- UK place.london_distance
- SE
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of West Lancashire#United Kingdom Skelmersdale
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in West Lancashire##Location of town centre in Skelmersdale
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- new town (UK)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Lancashire
- Population
- 38813
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- The Concourse, Skelmersdale.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01695
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Skelmersdale
- topic's main category
- Category:Skelmersdale
- OS grid reference
- SD487062
- postal code
- WN8
- P8168
- polyploidy
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Toponymy
- Early history
- Modern history
- New town
- Transport
- Road
- Bus
- Rail
- Education and culture
- Social issues
- Economy
- Town centre
- Politics
- Sports
- Cadet forces
- Air Training Corps
- Army Cadet Force
- Sea Cadets Corps
- Notable people
- Sport
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Skelmersdale is a town in the Western district of Lancashire, England. It sits on the River Tawd, west of Wigan, north-east of Liverpool and south-west of Preston. In 2006, it had a population of 38,813. The town is known locally as Skem .
While the first record of the town is in the Domesday Book of 1086, much of the town, including the current town centre, was developed as a second wave new town in the 1960s. The town's initial development as a coal town coincided with the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century; the town lies on the Lancashire Coalfield.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skelmersdale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations