Skelmersdale
Built-up area in West Lancashire, Lancashire, England
| Coordinates: | 53.548, -2.779 |
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| OS grid ref: | SD 48 05 |
| Population: | 38,944 |
| Dialling code: | 01695 |
Skelmersdale in West Lancashire, Lancashire, England is a largely post‑war new town that grew quickly from a 19th‑century mining and weaving settlement after being designated to take overspill from Liverpool. It was planned in the 1960s with distinct residential neighbourhoods separated by generous swathes of woodland and green corridors, which gives the town a more suburban, leafy feel than many towns of a similar size.
Today the town has a mixed local economy of light industry, business parks and retail, alongside ongoing regeneration and community projects; sport and social life often centre on local clubs such as Skelmersdale United. Good road links to the M58 connect it into Merseyside and the wider North West, while the town still faces the typical social and economic challenges of many former new towns, balanced by active neighbourhood groups and plenty of outdoor space.
Postcode districts covering Skelmersdale
Most populated places nearby
- Manchester 23.5 miles37.9 km
- Liverpool 11.2 miles18.1 km
- Birkenhead 16.1 miles26 km
- Preston 15.9 miles25.6 km
- St. Helens 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Wigan 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Warrington 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Blackburn 18.7 miles30.1 km
- Blackpool 21.4 miles34.4 km
- Bolton 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Salford 20.6 miles33.1 km
- Southport 10.8 miles17.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre Ward 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Skelmersdale South Ward 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Old Skelmersdale Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Skelmersdale North Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Up Holland Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Dalton Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Lathom South Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Lathom Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Bickerstaffe Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Newburgh Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Orrell Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Rural North East Ward 3.2 miles5.2 km
Example postcodes in Skelmersdale
WN8 9JU, WN8 6JS, WN8 9LZ, WN8 9DW, WN8 6QR, WN8 8QJ, WN8 9HJ, WN8 9EX, WN8 8NR … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Manchester Airport 24.7 miles39.7 km
- Upholland Railway Station 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Rainford Junction 2.2 miles3.5 km
Hotels near Skelmersdale Ad
- Best Western Plus Lancashire Manor Hotel 4 1.9 miles3 km
- Holiday Inn Express Wigan 3 4.7 miles7.5 km
- The Hinds Head Hotel 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Miller & Carter Aughton by Innkeeper's Collection 4 6.1 miles9.7 km
- The Wrightington Hotel & Health Club 4 4.5 miles7.2 km
- The Kirkfield Hotel 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Mercure St Helens 4 7 miles11.3 km
- Ibis Styles Haydock 3 7 miles11.3 km
- Knowsley Inn & Lounge 3 7 miles11.3 km
- Ramada Chorley South 4 6.7 miles10.8 km
Schools in Skelmersdale
- Bishop Martin C of E Primary School Primary
- Brookfield Park Primary School Primary
- Cobbs Brow School Primary
- Crow Orchard Primary School Primary
- Delph Side Community Primary School Primary
- Elm Tree Community Primary School Special
- Hillside Community Primary School Primary
- Holland Moor Primary School Primary
- Hope High School Special
- Kingsbury Primary Special School Special
- Lathom High School : A Technology College Secondary
- Little Digmoor Primary School Primary
- Moorside Community Primary Academy School Primary
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic High School Secondary
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School Primary
- St James' Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Primary
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Primary
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Primary
- … See all
Local points of interest
- Lathom House Estate 2 miles3.3 km
- Wigan Athletic FC Stadium 5.1 miles8.2 km
- DW Stadium Stadium 5.1 miles8.3 km
- Meadow Hey Wood Forest 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Spring Wood Forest 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Such Hey Wood Forest 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Dam Wood Forest 6.8 miles11 km
- Paddock Wood Forest 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Old Wood Forest 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Haydock Park Racecourse Recreation 8.1 miles13 km
- Aintree Racecourse Recreation 8.5 miles13.6 km
- University of Bolton Stadium Stadium 10.2 miles16.4 km