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Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre

Ward in West Lancashire, Lancashire, England

Coordinates:53.551, -2.766
OS grid ref:SD 49 06
Dialling code: 01695 (Skelmersdale)
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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.

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Transport links

  • Liverpool John Lennon Airport 15.4 miles24.8 km
  • Manchester Airport 24.4 miles39.2 km
  • Upholland Railway Station 1.9 miles3 km
  • Rainford Junction 2.5 miles4.1 km

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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 miles3.8 km
  • Wigan Athletic FC Stadium 4.6 miles7.4 km
  • DW Stadium Stadium 4.6 miles7.4 km
  • Meadow Hey Wood Forest 6.9 miles11.2 km
  • Spring Wood Forest 7 miles11.3 km
  • Such Hey Wood Forest 7.1 miles11.4 km
  • Dam Wood Forest 7.1 miles11.5 km
  • Old Wood Forest 7.5 miles12.1 km
  • Paddock Wood Forest 7.5 miles12.1 km
  • Haydock Park Racecourse Recreation 7.8 miles12.5 km
  • Aintree Racecourse Recreation 9 miles14.5 km
  • University of Bolton Stadium Stadium 9.6 miles15.5 km