Lathom
Built-up area in West Lancashire, Lancashire, England
| Coordinates: | 53.575, -2.816 |
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| OS grid ref: | SD 46 08 |
| Dialling code: | 01695 (Skelmersdale) |
Lathom is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, Lancashire, England, set on the flat agricultural plain close to the Merseyside border and just a few miles from Ormskirk and Skelmersdale. Its position on the rural fringe of the North West gives it a quiet, open character despite good road links into the wider conurbation.
Historically the settlement is best known for Lathom House, once the seat of the Earls of Derby and famously besieged during the English Civil War, and remnants of the house and parkland remain local landmarks. Today Lathom is largely agricultural with a mix of housing and a commuter population who travel to nearby towns or into Liverpool and Manchester, while village life centres on a small parish community and a handful of local amenities.
Postcode districts covering Lathom
Most populated places nearby
- Liverpool 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Birkenhead 16.5 miles26.6 km
- Preston 14.5 miles23.3 km
- St. Helens 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Wigan 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Warrington 16 miles25.8 km
- Blackburn 18.4 miles29.6 km
- Blackpool 19 miles30.6 km
- Bolton 15.6 miles25.2 km
- Salford 22.5 miles36.2 km
- Southport 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Runcorn 17.5 miles28.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Ring o' Bells Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Lathom South Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Skelmersdale North Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Newburgh Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Old Skelmersdale Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Burscough Town Ward 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Skelmersdale Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Parbold Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Burscough Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- Ormskirk East Ward 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Dalton Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
Example postcodes in Lathom
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 16.7 miles26.9 km
- Manchester Airport 27 miles43.5 km
- Hoscar Railway Station 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Burscough Junction Railway Station 1.9 miles3 km
Hotels near Lathom Ad
- Best Western Plus Lancashire Manor Hotel 4 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Miller & Carter Aughton by Innkeeper's Collection 4 5.2 miles8.3 km
- Holiday Inn Express Wigan 3 6.3 miles10.1 km
- The Hinds Head Hotel 6.6 miles10.7 km
- The Wrightington Hotel & Health Club 4 4.8 miles7.8 km
- The New Talbot Hotel 9.2 miles14.7 km
- Lynwood House Hotel 4 9.3 miles14.9 km
- The Vincent Hotel 4 9.3 miles15 km
- The Lord Street Hotel 4 9.2 miles14.8 km
- The Bold Hotel 4 9.2 miles14.9 km
Local points of interest
- Lathom House Estate 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Meadow Hey Wood Forest 4.3 miles7 km
- Spring Wood Forest 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Dam Wood Forest 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Such Hey Wood Forest 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Old Wood Forest 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Paddock Wood Forest 5 miles8 km
- DW Stadium Stadium 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Wigan Athletic FC Stadium 6.9 miles11.2 km
- Haig Avenue Stadium 8 miles12.8 km
- Aintree Racecourse Recreation 8.6 miles13.9 km
- Ainsdale Beach Beach 10.4 miles16.7 km