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Skelmersdale is a town in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England.It contains 21 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". [1]
In 1858, Blague Gate railway station in Skelmersdale was opened on the new Ormskirk to Rainford line. It was renamed to Skelmersdale railway station in 1874, before closing in 1956 and its demolition shortly after 1968. Skelmersdale's population in 1851 was only 760, but 50 years later it had increased to 5,699. It was a busy coal mining town. [5]
St Paul's Church is in Church Road, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. [1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [2]
Skelmersdale and UpHolland was an urban district in Lancashire, England from 1968 to It was created by the merger of Skelmersdale and Upholland urban districts. In 1974 it was itself merged into the new non-metropolitan district of West Lancashire , under the Local Government Act 1972 .
Up Holland (or Upholland) is a village in Skelmersdale and is a civil parish in the West Lancashire district, in the county of Lancashire, England, 4 miles (6 km) west of Wigan. The population at the 2011 census was 7,376.
School Lane, Skelmersdale [12] Sherdley, St Helens [11] Skelmersdale, Skelmersdale [6] Stanley, St Helens [5] Strawberry, Skelmersdale [6] School Lane, Skelmersdale [6] Sutton, Sutton [6] Sutton Manor, Sutton, St Helens [12] Sutton Heath Nos 2 and 3, St Helens [11] Swifts Fold, Skelmersdale [6] Tawd Vale No 7, Skelmersdale - listed as ...
Today, the river flows through the middle of Skelmersdale in large culverts. It emerges near the town's shopping centre, the Concourse, and flows into a country park and Tawd Vale Adventure Centre, a Scout campsite owned and operated by Merseyside Scouts, on the site of the 19th and early 20th century colliery. Parts of the river are a county ...
Skelmersdale railway station was a station located on the Skelmersdale branch at Skelmersdale, England. The station was originally named Blague Gate , having its name changed to Skelmersdale on 8 August 1874 and carried passengers from 1858 to 1956.