Wilpshire
Wilpshire is a village and civil parish in the county of Lancashire, England.
Wilpshire is a village and civil parish in the county of Lancashire, England. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Blackburn, and forms part of the town's urban area, although it is in the Ribble Valley local government district. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 2,569, increasing to 2,582 at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Wilpshire
7 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.
- 01Old St Leonard's Church, Langho
Old St Leonard's Church is a redundant Anglican church 1 mile northwest of the village of Langho, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.7 km · Grade I listed church in Billington and Langho, Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Holy Trinity Church, Blackburn
Holy Trinity Church is in Mount Pleasant, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is a former Anglican parish church which is now redundant and under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
4 km · church in Blackburn, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Mary's Church, Mellor
St Mary's Church is in Church Lane, Mellor, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
3.9 km · grade II listed church in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04New St Leonard's Church, Langho
New St Leonard's Church is in Whalley New Road, between the villages of Langho and Billington in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Whalley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
3.5 km · church in Langho, Lancashire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Blackburn War Memorial
Blackburn War Memorial is located in Corporation Park in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It was originally designed as a memorial for people who lost their lives in the First World War but was later extended to also honour those who lost their lives in the Second World War.
4 km · war memorial in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Corporation Park
Corporation Park is a traditional Victorian park in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It was landscaped by William Henderson and opened in 1857.
3.7 km · park in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St Gabriel's Church, Blackburn
St Gabriel's is an active English Anglican church in Blackburn, Lancashire. Designed by F. X. Velarde, St Gabriel's is regarded as a milestone in the development of Modern English ecclesiastical architecture.
1.4 km · 1933 church by F. X. Velarde in Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wilpshire
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 50 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 54 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 56 km
- Stations
- Langho railway station, 2.7 km · Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station, 800 m
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Wilpshire38 km · quickest by road, 1h 9m · £4–6
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Wilpshire60 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £9–12
- Liverpool → Wilpshire54 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · £6–9
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wilpshire
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 Wilpshire. 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 Wilpshire
Wilpshire is 15 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Mellorvillage and civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, UK3.7 km
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- Salesburyvillage and civil parish in Lancashire, England, UK1.4 km
- Langhovillage in Lancashire, England, UK2.7 km
- Billington and Langhocivil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England4 km