Buckshaw Village
Buckshaw Village is a 21st-century village and industrial area between the towns of Chorley and Leyland in Lancashire, England, developed on the site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Chorley.
Buckshaw Village is a 21st-century village and industrial area between the towns of Chorley and Leyland in Lancashire, England, developed on the site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Chorley. It had a population of 4,000. It is divided between the civil parishes of Euxton (south) and Whittle-le-Woods in Chorley, with the north western part being in Leyland unparished area in South Ribble district.
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Worth seeing in and around Buckshaw Village
10 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.
- 01Preston England Temple
The Preston England Temple is the 52nd operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple is located in the town of Chorley, 10 miles south of Preston, in Lancashire, England.
2.5 km · church temple in England · Wikipedia - 02Astley Hall
Astley Hall is a country house in Chorley, Lancashire, England. The building is now owned by the town and is known as Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery.
2.9 km · Grade I listed English country house in Chorley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Cuerden Hall
Cuerden Hall is a country mansion in the village of Cuerden near Preston, Lancashire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3 km · historic site in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Buckshaw Hall
Buckshaw Hall is a Grade II* listed 17th-century country house in Buckshaw Village, Euxton, some 3 miles north-west of Chorley, England.
800 m · manor house in Euxton, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Euxton Hall Chapel
Euxton Hall Chapel is situated in the village of Euxton, Lancashire, England. It was designed by architect E. W. Pugin, and built in 1866 as a private chapel for the Anderton family.
2.6 km · church in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Euxton Parish Church
Euxton Parish Church is in the English village of Euxton in the borough of Chorley, Lancashire. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn.
1.8 km · church in Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07British Commercial Vehicle Museum
The British Commercial Vehicle Museum displays antiquarian buses, early fire engines and other historical and commercial vehicles produced by the British manufacturing industry. The museum is located in King Street, Leyland, Lancashire on part of a site previously occupied by the Leyland Motors factory, the source of many exhibits.
2.3 km · automotive museum in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08St Andrew's Church, Leyland
St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in Leyland, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn.
2.2 km · church in South Ribble, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Chorley Town Hall
Chorley Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street in Chorley, Lancashire, England.
3.8 km · town hall in Chorley, Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 10St Laurence's Church, Chorley
St Laurence's Church is in Union Street, Chorley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
3.8 km · church in Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Buckshaw Village
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 41 km · Manchester (MAN), 45 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 69 km
- Stations
- Euxton Balshaw Lane railway station, 2.5 km · Leyland railway station, 2.3 km · Buckshaw Parkway railway station, 1 km
- Liverpool → Buckshaw Village37 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £4.5–6
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Buckshaw Village36 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £4.5–6
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Buckshaw Village74 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £9–12
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Buckshaw Village
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 Buckshaw Village. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries ply to Liverpool from: Dublin twice a day (P & O, 8 hours), though there are faster sailings from Dublin to Holyhead in North Wales.
- Get inBelfast twice a day (Stena Line, 8 hours) Douglas Isle of Man three per day (Isle of Man Steam Packet, 2 hour 45 min); Douglas also has ferries to Heysham near Morecambe.
- Get aroundLancashire is increasingly a cycle friendly place for on- and off-road cyclists.
- Go nextOr hop on a ferry to Ireland or the Isle of Man.
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Next door to Buckshaw Village
Buckshaw Village is 9 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chorleytown in Lancashire, England3.9 km
- Leylandtown in Lancashire, England2.5 km
- South Ribblenon-metropolitan district in Lancashire, UK2.3 km
- Euxtonvillage and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England2.4 km
- Clayton-le-Woodsvillage in Lancashire, England, UK1.6 km
- Faringtona village located in South Ribble, United Kingdom2.6 km