West Lancashire

Borough of West Lancashire
Borough of West Lancashire
	Borough
	; Arms of West Lancashire Borough Council
	; Arms of West Lancashire Borough Council
	; Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Lancashire
Admin. HQ	Ormskirk
Government
• Type	West Lancashire Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Labour
• MPs:	Rosie Cooper (Lab) (West Lancashire),; Seema Kennedy (Con) (South Ribble)
Area
• Total	133.9 sq mi (346.8 km2)
Area rank	121st
Population (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	113,400
• Rank	Ranked 206th
• Density	850/sq mi (330/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code	30UP (ONS); E07000127 (GSS)
Ethnicity	98.5% White
Website	http://www.westlancs.gov.uk/

Coordinates: 53°33′43″N 2°49′37″W / 53.562°N 2.827°W / 53.562; -2.827

West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale. The population of the District taken at the 2011 census was 110,685.^[1] The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale and Holland urban districts along with part of West Lancashire Rural District and part of the former Wigan Rural District.

Administrative organisation[edit]

Ormskirk

Skelmersdale

Towns and villages in West Lancashire

Civil parishes in West Lancashire

Political Composition (2016)-

Party	Seats
Conservatives	22
Labour	31
Independent	1

Unparished towns[edit]

The main towns of Ormskirk (including the village of Westhead) and Skelmersdale are unparished areas.

Parish councils[edit]

Parish meetings[edit]

There is a single parish meeting:

3. Bispham

Twin towns[edit]

West Lancashire is twinned with:

Cergy-Pontoise, France
Erkrath, Germany

References[edit]

^ "Non Metropolitan District Council population 2011". Retrieved 16 January 2016.

[1] "Non Metropolitan District Council population 2011". Retrieved 16 January 2016.

[1]

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Lancashire	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre
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v t e Ceremonial county of Lancashire
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Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool
Boroughs or districts	City of Lancaster City of Preston Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Pendle Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre
Major settlements	Accrington Adlington Bacup Barnoldswick Blackburn Blackpool Brierfield Burnley Carnforth Chorley Cleveleys Clitheroe Colne Darwen Earby Fleetwood Fulwood Garstang Great Harwood Haslingden Kirkham Lancaster Leyland Longridge Lytham St Annes Morecambe Nelson Ormskirk Oswaldtwistle Padiham Penwortham Poulton-le-Fylde Preesall Preston Rawtenstall Rishton Skelmersdale Waterfoot Whitworth See also: List of civil parishes in Lancashire
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Canals	Lancaster Leeds and Liverpool
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v t e Geography of West Lancashire
Towns	Ormskirk Skelmersdale
Civil parishes	Aughton Bickerstaffe Bispham Burscough Dalton Downholland Great Altcar Halsall Hesketh-with-Becconsall Hilldale Lathom Lathom South Newburgh North Meols Parbold Rufford Scarisbrick Simonswood Tarleton Upholland Wrightington
Other villages and hamlets	Andertons Mill Appley Bridge Banks Barrow Nook Barton Bispham Green Downholland Cross Drummersdale Haskayne Hesketh Bank Holmes Holmeswood Hoscar Moss Hundred End Mere Brow Shirdley Hill Sollom Tarlscough Westhead Wrightington Bar
Topography	Leeds and Liverpool Canal Martin Mere (WWT Martin Mere) Mere Sands Wood River Douglas River Tawd West Lancashire Coastal Plain

v t e Transport in West Lancashire
Motorways and roads	M58 motorway A59 road A565 road A570 road
Railway lines	Manchester to Southport Line Northern Line (Merseyrail) Ormskirk Branch Line
Railway stations	Appley Bridge Aughton Park Bescar Lane Burscough Bridge Burscough Junction Hoscar New Lane Ormskirk Parbold Rufford Town Green Upholland
Closed railway lines	Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway Skelmersdale Branch Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway West Lancashire Railway
Disused railway stations	Altcar and Hillhouse Banks Barton Halsall Heathey Lane Halt Hesketh Bank Hey's Crossing Halt Hundred End Lydiate Mossbridge New Cut Lane Halt Plex Moss Lane Halt Shirdley Hill Skelmersdale Westhead Halt White Moss Level Crossing Halt
Heritage railway	West Lancashire Light Railway

West Lancashire

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Unparished towns[edit]

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Parish meetings[edit]

Twin towns[edit]

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