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appear in road names, but only in the parts of the town that pre-date or post-date the New Town development. The road names in New Town areas are also arranged in a loosely alphabetical format with large areas being defined by a single letter, for example, Larkhill, Leeswood, Ledburn and
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Proposals included a new food store as well as a number of bars, shops and restaurants, and a five-screen cinema. A new promenade would be fronted by these establishments to overlook the Tawd Valley Park, and a new civic square would also be created between the
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Communities, which also recommended the opening of a new rail link to Skelmersdale. This time the recommendation was via the Skelmersdale Branch from Ormskirk. In February 2017, Lancashire County Council identified the site of the former Glenburn Sports College / West
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Skelmersdale's population in 1851 was only 760, but 50 years later it had increased to 5,699. It was a busy coal mining town. There were over 100 fatalities in
Skelmersdale collieries from 1851 to 1900, according to the Reports of the Inspectors of Coal Mines, and an unknown number of serious
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Department for Transport announced in July 2022 that it was rejecting the Strategic Outline Business Case. The DfT instead suggested that better bus links with the Kirkby–Wigan rail line would be a cheaper way of improving connectivity for
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and required purchase by the council in order for the station to be built. In 2017, Merseytravel and
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restaurant. McDonald's and KFC are located in the nearby car park, however the Domino's chain is located inside the shopping centre on the ground floor, with external doors to allow for access after shopping centre hours. The
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Skelmersdale's crime rates are above the Lancashire average at 93 crimes per 1,000 people, and is the 21st most dangerous overall out of Lancashire's 236 towns, villages, and cities. Skelmersdale was the worst medium-sized town in Lancashire in 2020 for drugs.
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Christianity. By the start of the 20th century there were at least six dissenting chapels in the town: two Wesleyan (Berry Street, closed in the 1920s, and Liverpool Road, closed 1969), an independent Methodist, a
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Lancashire College Westbank Campus site as the preferred location for a railway station for the town. Despite the Glenburn Sports College being owned by the council, the Westbank Campus site was owned by
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acquired the site of the former Glenburn Sports College, and approved £2 million to demolish the buildings on the site and prepare the area for the construction of a railway station.
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to Kirkby service, to terminate at a new station in the centre of Skelmersdale. Rainford will then become an interchange station for services to and from Wigan Wallgate. In 2009, the
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Chartered Architects & Town Planners, with a foreword by A. J. Kentish Barnes, Chairman of the Skelmersdale Development Corporation, Skelmersdale Development Corporation;
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library. Regeneration specialists St Modwen have been working on the proposals with West Lancashire Council and the Homes and Communities Agency.
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club, the Bowmen of Skelmersdale, whose collective members hold 19 county records and 14 world records held by three members of the same family (
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in the 1970s, and the premises were sold. Skelmersdale is now served by buses from Arriva depots in St Helens, Bootle and Southport. In 2023, a
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attendance rate in Lancashire for 0–4 and 5–19 year olds. Furthermore, Skelmersdale's poverty levels are above the national average.
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Skelmersdale. This would be introduced with the 319 Stagecoach bus service, which runs between Skelmersdale Bus Station and
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also once played for the club. Skelmersdale Football Club is currently located at JMO Sports Park in the town.
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Skem – The Broken Promise: Unemployment in Skelmersdale New Town
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2641:"Skelmersdale, Here We Come! | Victorian Plumbing Bathroom Blog"
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Collins, Simon; Tucker, Angela; Abbas, Farha (March 2015).
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762:In January 2020, work began on a new
703:and a Welsh Chapel (closed in 1963).
487:, 13 miles (21 km) northeast of
3451:List of civil parishes in Lancashire
2666:"Champ CyberNews :: Your story"
2372:
1273:, plays in the West Division of the
127:
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4030:Former civil parishes in Lancashire
2455:"Inclusive growth and place layout"
2338:Byrne, Michael (1 September 2011).
2305:
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2046:"Network Rail Merseyside RUS Draft"
1964:
1725:. Insider Media Ltd. 26 March 2012.
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1252:2021 United Kingdom local elections
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2752:Gleeson, Bill (19 November 2015).
2683:Lorraine Heller (5 October 2005).
1723:"New £20m Vision for Skelmersdale"
1064:Transcendental Meditation movement
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3015:Howe, Don and Frank Riley (1982)
2829:. 9 February 2012. Archived from
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1660:Yale University Press, New Haven
1647:, vol. 5 (J. Heywood, 1893), p. 2
1570:""Great Britain" World Gazetteer"
1403:
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2906:"Skelmersdale Independent Party"
1775:. Place North West. 15 May 2020.
1531:Listed buildings in Skelmersdale
1515:
1497:West Lancashire is twinned with
1412:is a footballer who was born in
1240:2023 West Lancashire by-election
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1747:
1741:West Lancashire Borough Council
1480:, musician who was a member of
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1259:West Lancashire Borough Council
1248:West Lancashire Borough Council
1088:The town featured in TV series
483:, 6 miles (10 km) west of
4025:Unparished areas in Lancashire
4020:New towns started in the 1960s
4015:Planned communities in England
2949:Lancashire Archery Association
2710:Philip Ghayour (11 May 2018).
2287:"Maharishi European Sidhaland"
2001:Lancashire County Council News
1942:. The Champion. Archived from
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1656:Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir (2002)
1650:
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1343:Skelmersdale has units of the
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861:interchange at Liverpool. The
686:The miners, many of whom were
660:William Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre
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3984:West Lancashire Coastal Plain
2733:. UK: Guardian News and Media
1556:
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654:In the mid-14th century, the
3557:Parliamentary constituencies
2878:Lopez, Jamie (12 May 2021).
2173:Council, Lancashire County.
2147:Lopez, Jamie (8 July 2022).
2132:Wigan Today (17 June 2020).
1965:Council, Lancashire County.
1853:"Poundstrecher Skelmersdale"
1800:Lopez, Jamie (3 June 2022).
1094:and features in the musical
924:Skelmersdale railway station
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658:of Skelmersdale was held by
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2976:. Skelmersdale Cricket Club
2970:"Skelmersdale Cricket Club"
2809:"Concourse Shopping Centre"
2645:www.victorianplumbing.co.uk
2429:Russell, Willy (May 2001).
1737:"Skelmersdale regeneration"
1618:"Back to the drawing board"
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2857:democracy.westlancs.gov.uk
1269:The town's football team,
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948:Liverpool and Bury Railway
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186:180 mi (290 km)
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2175:"Glenburn Sports College"
1971:Lancashire County Council
1679:"Townships: Skelmersdale"
1541:Lancashire County Council
1453:but lived in Skelmersdale
1449:, trade unionist born in
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1244:Lancashire County Council
1110:Lancashire County Council
988:Lancashire County Council
936:Upholland railway station
780:Lancashire County Council
713:There were also numerous
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1271:Skelmersdale United F.C.
1029:to prevent the closure.
894:Skelmersdale bus station
110:Show map of Skelmersdale
3755:Hesketh-with-Becconsall
2997:Wilson, L. Hugh (1964)
2313:"Maharishi Free School"
2266:West Lancashire College
1546:West Lancashire College
1308:The town is host to an
1275:Northern Premier League
1226:Skelmersdale is in the
1181:West Lancashire College
1033:West Lancashire College
1023:Glenburn Sports College
958:and Rainford Junction.
917:
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720:Victoria County History
572:to the north-west, and
561:are currently ongoing.
2405:"The Birchwood Centre"
1418:Up Holland High School
1367:
1285:, went on to play for
1114:accident and emergency
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996:Kirkby Railway Station
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146:Show map of Lancashire
3585:Blackburn with Darwen
3134:Boroughs or districts
3120:Blackburn with Darwen
2691:. Decision News Media
1967:"Bus service changes"
1459:, musician and writer
1457:Stephen James Bennett
1436:Blackburn Rovers F.C.
1365:
1333:BAFA National Leagues
1325:Merseyside Nighthawks
1057:
1043:inspection. In 2021,
1009:Education and culture
922:Since the closure of
904:Ribble Motor Services
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620:+ probably Old Norse
539:Industrial Revolution
3008:Riley, Frank (1986)
2945:"LAA Flight Records"
2827:Modernism North West
2409:The Birchwood Centre
2065:"Transport Briefing"
1831:Lancashire Telegraph
1058:Skelmersdale Library
806:children's play park
745:English Partnerships
708:Lancashire Coalfield
543:Lancashire Coalfield
263:Sovereign state
4010:Towns in Lancashire
3612:Grade II* buildings
3572:Scheduled monuments
3541:Leeds and Liverpool
3207:(cities in italics)
3113:Unitary authorities
3051:Champion Newspapers
2689:Bakery & Snacks
2236:"Inspection of NCG"
2202:. BBC. 20 May 2015.
1977:on 11 November 2023
1940:Champion Newspapers
1914:pa.westlancs.gov.uk
1588:"Development Plans"
1576:on 9 February 2013.
1154:Frederick's Dairies
952:Skelmersdale Branch
697:Primitive Methodist
404: /
2853:"Your Councillors"
2833:on 8 November 2016
1594:. Tawd Valley Park
1551:Lathom High School
1484:and guitarist for
1422:Winstanley College
1371:Air Training Corps
1368:
1357:Remembrance Sunday
1345:Air Training Corps
1174:Minister of Health
1142:Victorian Plumbing
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1019:Lathom High School
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766:supermarket and a
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649:West Derby hundred
582:Greater Manchester
479:, England, on the
349:UK Parliament
295:Dialling code
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3607:Grade I buildings
3205:Major settlements
3105:Lancashire Portal
3088:Ceremonial county
2886:. Lancashire Live
2670:www.champnews.com
2179:Lancashire.gov.uk
2084:Lancashire.gov.uk
2050:networkrail.co.uk
2003:. 23 January 2023
1523:Lancashire portal
1378:Battle of Britain
1329:American football
1206:restaurant and a
1130:Co-operative Bank
1037:Newcastle College
967:Liverpool Central
900:Arriva North West
564:The town borders
471:is a town in the
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2380:"About Us"
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1876:3 February
1557:References
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1478:Simon Tong
1428:Matt Woods
1410:Leon Osman
1398:Sea Cadets
1295:Leon Osman
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156:Population
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3913:Roby Mill
3908:Mere Brow
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3536:Lancaster
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3433:Waterfoot
3366:Morecambe
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614:Old Norse
574:St Helens
549:Geography
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399:2°46′34″W
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