Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre
Ward in West Lancashire, Lancashire, England
| Coordinates: | 53.551, -2.766 |
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| OS grid ref: | SD 49 06 |
| Dialling code: | 01695 (Skelmersdale) |
The Tanhouse and Skelmersdale town centre area lies in the borough of West Lancashire in Lancashire, England. It pairs a large post‑war housing estate with the commercial heart of Skelmersdale, a 1960s new town created in part as an overspill from Liverpool, so you can still see the era’s planning ideas in its ring roads, pedestrian routes and clustered shopping zones rather than a traditional high street.
Today the neighbourhood mixes residential streets with retail, service and light industrial uses and is the target of ongoing regeneration to improve jobs, housing and transport links - including road connections towards the M58 and neighbouring towns. Local schools, community groups and leisure facilities provide a social focus, while proximity to the Lancashire countryside gives residents easy access to green space beyond the town.
Postcode districts covering Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre
Most populated places nearby
- Manchester 23.1 miles
- Liverpool 11.7 miles
- Birkenhead 16.7 miles
- Preston 15.6 miles
- St. Helens 7.3 miles
- Wigan 5.2 miles
- Warrington 13.5 miles
- Blackburn 18.2 miles
- Blackpool 21.4 miles
- Bolton 13.8 miles
- Salford 20.1 miles
- Rochdale 24.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Skelmersdale South Ward 0.5 miles
- Skelmersdale Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Up Holland Parish 0.9 miles
- Skelmersdale North Ward 1 mile
- Old Skelmersdale Ward 1.3 miles
- Dalton Parish 1.5 miles
- Orrell Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Lathom Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Lathom South Parish 2.7 miles
- Newburgh Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Rural North East Ward 2.8 miles
- Parbold Built-up area 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre
WN8 6BS, WN8 6DD, WN8 6NS, WN8 6PE, WN8 6JJ, WN8 6AZ, WN8 6LP, WN8 6DP, WN8 6RP … See all
Transport links
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 15.4 miles
- Manchester Airport 24.4 miles
- Upholland Railway Station 1.9 miles
- Rainford Junction 2.5 miles
Hotels near Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre Ad
- Lancashire Manor Hotel 4 1.7 miles
- Red Lion Parbold 3 2.5 miles
- Red Lion, Wigan by Marston's Inns 3 2.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Wigan 3 3.9 miles
- The Wrightington Hotel 2 3.9 miles
- The Mount 2.8 miles
- Briars Hall Hotel 3 3.7 miles
- Ramada by Wyndham Chorley South 3 6.2 miles
- Mercure Haydock Hotel 3.5 7.5 miles
- Mercure St Helens 4 7.1 miles
Schools in Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre
- Delph Side Community Primary School Primary
- Elm Tree Community Primary School Special
- Hillside Community Primary School Primary
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Skelmersdale Primary
Local points of interest
- Lathom House Estate 2.3 miles
- Wigan Athletic FC Stadium 4.6 miles
- DW Stadium Stadium 4.6 miles
- Meadow Hey Wood Forest 6.9 miles
- Spring Wood Forest 7 miles
- Such Hey Wood Forest 7.1 miles
- Dam Wood Forest 7.1 miles
- Old Wood Forest 7.5 miles
- Paddock Wood Forest 7.5 miles
- Haydock Park Racecourse Recreation 7.8 miles
- Aintree Racecourse Recreation 9 miles
- University of Bolton Stadium Stadium 9.6 miles