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North Meols

North Meols is a civil parish and electoral ward in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England.

North Meols
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The place

North Meols is a civil parish and electoral ward in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. The parish covers the village of Banks and the hamlet of Hundred End. The population of the parish/ward at the 2011 census was 4,146. Historically the parish covered a wider area including much of what is now Southport.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around North Meols

3 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
    Southport Botanic Gardens

    Southport Botanic Gardens is a botanical garden situated in the suburban village of Churchtown, Southport, in Merseyside, England. It is often called "The Jewel in the Crown" as it is nationally known for its floral displays, which have been featured in the BBC TV program Gardener's World.

    3.1 km · botanical garden in Churchtown, Southport, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Meols Hall

    Meols Hall is a historical manor house in Churchtown, Merseyside, England, dating from the 12th century with a 16th-century tithe barn restored for wedding receptions and ceremonies.

    3.7 km · country house in Churchtown, Southport, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Cuthbert's Church, Churchtown

    St Cuthbert's Church is an Anglican church in Churchtown, Merseyside, a village that is now a suburb of Southport in the English county of Merseyside. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Liverpool and the archdeaconry of Warrington.

    3.4 km · grade II listed church in Churchtown, Merseyside, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to North Meols

Airports
Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 39 km · Manchester (MAN), 56 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 86 km
Stations
Banks railway station, 500 m · Churchtown railway station, 3.5 km · Crossens railway station, 2.4 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → North Meols
    50 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £7–9
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → North Meols
    91 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £11–15
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → North Meols
    143 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · £17–23
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for North Meols

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 North Meols. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    254 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    290 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    303 km
  4. 04
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    315 km
  5. 05
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    351 km

If you know how people move in North Meols – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to North Meols

North Meols is 17 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Banksvillage in Lancashire, England500 m
  • Mere Browvillage in Lancashire, England, UK3.6 km
  • Crossenssuburb of Southport, Merseyside, England, UK2.1 km
  • Marshsidearea of Southport, Merseyside, England3.5 km
  • Hundred Endcoastal hamlet in West Lancashire, England3.1 km