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The West Lancashire Coastal Plain is a large area in the south west of Lancashire, England The plain stretches from the Rimrose Valley in Seaforth , near Liverpool on the Mersey , to the south, to Preston on the Ribble , to the north.
The Fylde (/ ˈ f aɪ l d /) is a coastal plain in western Lancashire, England.It is roughly a 13-mile-long (21-kilometre) square-shaped peninsula, bounded by Morecambe Bay to the north, the Ribble estuary to the south, the Irish Sea to the west, and the foot of the Bowland hills to the east which approximates to a section of the M6 motorway and West Coast Main Line.
West Lancashire is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England.The council is based in Ormskirk, and the largest town is Skelmersdale.The district borders Fylde to the north, over the Ribble Estuary; South Ribble, Chorley, and Wigan to the east; St Helens and Knowsley to the south; and Sefton to the south and west.
Downholland is a civil parish in Lancashire, England, on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. The population at the 2011 census was 913. [1] The area contains several villages including Haskayne, Barton and Downholland Cross, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the A5147. It also contains attractions such as Farmer Ted’s.
Our West Lancashire was formed in February 2015 by Adrian Owens, a former Conservative Party councillor, Deputy Leader of West Lancashire Borough Council and candidate for West Lancashire in the 2010 United Kingdom general election, coming second with 17,540 votes, [5] after breaking off from the West Lancashire Conservative group on West Lancashire Borough Council.
In November 2024, a group of Lancashire MPs called for the replacement of the current two-tier system with a smaller number of unitary authorities. Three and four authority models were proposed. [12] [13] In December 2024, the leaders of South Ribble Council and Chorley Council proposed forming a unitary authority together with West Lancashire ...
West Lancashire is divided into 19 parish councils, the first tier of local government. Parbold is bordered by Hilldale to the north, Wrightington to the east, Dalton to the south and Newburgh to the west. From 1894 to 1974 Parbold was part of the Wigan Rural District, along with Dalton, Haigh, Shevington, Worthington and Wrightington. [3]
The 2024 West Lancashire Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of West Lancashire Borough Council. [1] 16 of the 45 seats of the council were up for election. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England. [2] The council remained under Labour majority control. [3]