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Aughton, Lancashire

Aughton is a village and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England.

Aughton, Lancashire
Aughton, Lancashire · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Aughton is a village and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is located between Ormskirk and Maghull, approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Liverpool and 20 miles (32 km) south-west of Preston.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Aughton, Lancashire

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Ormskirk

    Ormskirk is a market town in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is located approximately 13 miles northeast of Liverpool and forms part of the wider Liverpool urban and commuting area.

    3.2 km · market town in West Lancashire, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Edge Hill University

    Edge Hill University is a campus-based public university in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. The university, which originally opened in 1885 as Edge Hill College, was the first non-denominational teacher training college for women in England, before admitting its first male students in 1959.

    3.2 km · public university in the UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk

    The Church of St Peter and St Paul is in the market town of Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. Dating from no later than the 12th century, it is one of only three churches in England to have both a tower and spire, and the only one to have them both at the same end of the church.

    3.4 km · church in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Lydiate Hall

    Lydiate Hall was a 16th-century hall in Lydiate, Merseyside, England. The hall was a black-and-white half-timbered house, and was similar in design to Speke Hall.

    3.4 km · building in Lydiate, Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    2, Church Street

    The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building at 2 Church Street in Ormskirk, a town in Lancashire, England. The building, which was the meeting place of the court leet, has since been converted for retail use.

    3.3 km · building in West Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Catherine's Chapel, Lydiate

    St Catherine's Chapel, known locally as Lydiate Abbey, is a ruined chapel located in Lydiate, Merseyside, England. The Chapel is situated on the A5147, adjacent to the Scotch Piper Inn.

    3.3 km · ruined chapel in Merseyside · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St Michael's Church, Aughton

    St Michael's Church is in Church Lane, Aughton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of Wigan & West Lancashire, and the diocese of Liverpool.

    500 m · church in Aughton, West Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St Thomas' Church, Lydiate

    St Thomas' Church is in Church Lane, Lydiate, Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ormskirk, the archdeaconry of Wigan and West Lancashire, and the diocese of Liverpool.

    3.3 km · grade II listed church in Lydiate, Sefton, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Aughton, Lancashire

Airports
Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 23 km · Manchester (MAN), 47 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 90 km
Stations
Ormskirk railway station, 3.6 km · Town Green railway station, 500 m · Aughton Park railway station, 1.7 km · Maghull North railway station, 2.9 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Aughton, Lancashire
    46 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £5–7
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Aughton, Lancashire
    95 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £11–15
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Aughton, Lancashire
    135 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £16–21
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Aughton, Lancashire

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aughton, Lancashire. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    268 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    289 km
  3. 03
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    304 km
  4. 04
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

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  5. 05
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

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Around it

Next door to Aughton, Lancashire

Aughton, Lancashire is 15 km from Liverpool, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Maghulltown and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England3.5 km
  • Lydiatearea and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England3.2 km
  • Downhollandcivil parish in Lancashire, England on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain3.3 km
  • Downholland Crossvillage in Lancashire, England, UK3.5 km