Garstang
Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Borough of Wyre, in Lancashire, England.
Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Borough of Wyre, in Lancashire, England. It lies equidistant between the cities of Lancaster to the north and Preston to the south, both are 10 miles (16 km) away. In 2021, the parish had a total resident population of 4,428; In the 2011 Census, the larger Garstang Built-up Area, which includes the adjoining settlements of Bonds and Cabus, had a population of 6,779. Garstang is famous for being the world's first ever Fairtrade Town.
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Worth seeing in and around Garstang
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.
- 01Greenhalgh Castle
Greenhalgh Castle is a castle, now ruined, near the town of Garstang in Lancashire, England. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, had the castle built in 1490 to provide defence for his estates around Garstang.
500 m · castle in England · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Mary and St Michael, Bonds
The Church of St Mary and St Michael is in the village of Bonds, to the south of Garstang, Lancashire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic church in the diocese of Lancaster.
700 m · church in Bonds, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Luke's Church, Winmarleigh
St Luke's Church is in the village of Winmarleigh, Lancashire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe.
3.6 km · grade II listed church in Winmarleigh, Wyre, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Market House
Garstang Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Garstang, Lancashire, England. The structure, which currently accommodates two shops and a Royal British Legion Club, is a Grade II listed building.
500 m · house in Garstang, Wyre, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Helen's Church, Churchtown
St Helen's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Churchtown in Lancashire, England. Historically, it was the parish church of Garstang; today, as Garstang is split into more than one ecclesiastical parish, St Helen's parish is Garstang St Helen.
3.1 km · Grade I listed church in Churchtown, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Hilda's Church, Bilsborrow
St Hilda's Church is in Bilsborrow Lane in the village of Bilsborrow, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Garstang, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.
5.9 km · church in Bilsborrow, UK · Wikipedia - 07All Saints Church, Barnacre
All Saints Church is in Delph Lane, Barnacre-with-Bonds, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Garstang, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn.
1.7 km · grade II listed church in Barnacre-with-Bonds, Wyre, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St Thomas' Church, Garstang
St Thomas' Church is a Church of England church in Garstang, a market town in Lancashire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Lancaster.
700 m · grade II listed church in Garstang, Wyre, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St Michael's Church
St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in the village of St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, England. It is a typical late Medieval church and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
5.6 km · Grade I listed church in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10St Peter's Church, Scorton
St Peter's Church is in the village of Scorton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Garstang, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn.
3.2 km · grade II listed church in Nether Wyresdale, Wyre, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Garstang
- Airports
- Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 63 km · Manchester (MAN), 69 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 73 km
- Liverpool → Garstang56 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £7–10
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Garstang59 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £7–9
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Garstang81 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £12–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Garstang
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 Garstang. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Garstang – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Garstang
Garstang is 16 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wyrelocal government district with borough status in Lancashire, England2.8 km
- Natebyvillage and civil parish in Lancashire, UK3.4 km
- Cabusvillage in Lancashire, England, UK800 m
- Winmarleigha village located in Wyre, United Kingdom3.6 km
- Catterallvillage in Lancashire, England2.6 km
- Fortonvillage in Wyre, Lancashire, England, UK5.8 km