37-530: Hesketh Bank is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire , England. It is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Southport and 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Preston . The village is within the civil parish of Hesketh-with-Becconsall , which includes the village of Becconsall immediately to the south and which borders the Ribble Estuary to the north. The parish had
74-621: A conventional van, with a bonnet at the front, which housed the batteries, but they made their first forward control model in 1931, and switched completely to this design, which became ubiquitous for milk floats , in 1935. Although they set up another company, Ross Auto Engineering , to manufacture battery electric vehicles in 1949, production of their own models continued at Burscough Bridge. They were taken over by Brook Motors, becoming Brook Victor Electric Vehicles in 1967. Acquired by Hawker Siddeley in 1970, they became Brook Crompton Parkinson Motors in 1973. One Victor milk float still exists. It
111-627: A fortnightly artisan market has been established. Burscough has three churches: St John the Baptist Church , St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church and Burscough Methodist Church . The A59 trunk road and Leeds and Liverpool Canal pass through Burscough and the A5209 brings large volumes of traffic through the town from where it connects to the A59. Lancashire County Council describe
148-459: A population of 4,187 at the 2021 Census . Hesketh Bank, Becconsall, and the village of Tarleton to the south form a single built-up area with a population of 8,755. Hesketh was first recorded in 1288 as Heschath . The name is derived either from Old Norse hest shei meaning "race course", or from a plural of the Welsh hesg , meaning "sedges". The village of Hesketh is known to have existed in
185-470: A series of meetings a society was formed and the constitution agreed during a meeting on 23 November 2011. There is a fishery in the town at Warper's Moss Lane, which has four-man-made lakes stocked with a wide variety of coarse fish including carp to around 20 pounds (9.1 kg). Fishing is available on a day ticket. Martin Mere is a large wildfowl reserve and visitor attraction on the edge of Burscough and
222-409: A small public library. Shopping in the town is provided for by a large Tesco supermarket , a Booths , an Aldi and some other smaller shops including a Spar , as well as local florists, barber . Burscough Wharf provides a space for small independent businesses, alongside the artisan market. On 12 February 2011, a small retail and leisure development known as Burscough Wharf opened its doors to
259-538: A smaller gauge. Burscough F.C. play at New Victoria Park, having moved from the now demolished Victoria Park in 2020. They won the FA Trophy in 2003 when they defeated conference side Tamworth in the final at Villa Park . In the 2005-06 FA Cup competition they beat league side Gillingham 3–2 at home in the first round. After winning the Northern Premier League in 2007, they were then relegated from
296-510: A third of the council (one councillor for each ward) being elected each time for a four-year term. Lancashire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections. The south of West Lancashire, including the towns of Burscough , Skelmersdale and Ormskirk fall under the West Lancashire constituency in the House of Commons , which has been represented by Labour Party MP Ashley Dalton since
333-537: Is a narrow gauge railway that is located in Hesketh Bank at the site of the former brick works, near but not on the line of the former railway. Hesketh Bank lies just to the north of the larger village of Tarleton and the village of Banks ( North Meols ). Due to the village's position on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain it has a rich soil, suitable for the farming of flowers and vegetables - this
370-544: Is a two-tier county , meaning Burscough is governed by both a county council and a borough council. The town is part the Burscough & Rufford electoral division of Lancashire County Council , currently represented by Eddie Pope of the Conservative Party . Burscough is split between the wards of Burscough Town and Burscough Bridge & Rufford on West Lancashire Borough Council . The civil parish of Burscough
407-614: Is a B20 model dating from around 1955, and is currently awaiting restoration at the Transport Museum, Wythall , to the south of Birmingham . The Windmill Farm Railway is a narrow gauge railway line located at the Windmill Animal Farm. The railway operates over a 1.1-mile (2 km) track at 15 in ( 381 mm ) gauge, using locomotives previously from the Fairbourne Railway , since that line has regauged to
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#1732883655007444-535: Is a movement to establish a town council in Skelmersdale. The parish council of Burscough takes the style "town council". All the civil parishes have a parish council, with the exception of Bispham, which has a parish meeting instead. In terms of television, the area is served by BBC North West and ITV Granada broadcasting from the Winter Hill transmitter. Radio stations for the area are: Local newspaper
481-517: Is based in Ormskirk, and there are twenty-one civil parishes . The west of the borough contains much of the southern part of the Lancashire Plain, a low-lying region of mossland. A large lake called Martin Mere occupied much of the area until it was drained for agriculture. The northern border of the borough is the Ribble Estuary , and both it and the remnant of Martin Mere are Ramsar sites . In
518-495: Is called Burscough Bridge , and was originally a separate settlement. The parish includes the hamlets of New Lane and Tarlscough and the Martin Mere Wetland Centre . The recorded population of the parish in the 2021 Census was 9,935, an increase from 9,182 at the 2011 Census . The remains of a substantial Roman fort are located at Burscough; it has an area of 30,000 m and was begun in 1st century. The fort
555-459: Is governed by Burscough Town Council , which has up to fourteen councillors. There was an operational Fleet Air Arm air station, RNAS Burscough (HMS Ringtail) , 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of the town. It was active between September 1943 and May 1946. Burscough has a number of primary schools: There is also a secondary school, Burscough Priory Academy (formerly Burscough Priory High School and Burscough Priory Science College) and also
592-412: Is responsible for the administration of various services, such as leisure, waste collection, planning permission and pest control. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2023. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of
629-587: Is still the main economic activity in the area. A Booths supermarket opened on 11 November 2010. The village is located just off the A59 Preston to Liverpool road and the A565 Southport Road has meant it has also developed as a commuter town. Hesketh Bank railway station was once a stop on the West Lancashire Railway , which ran between Preston and Southport. The railway opened in 1878
666-558: Is the Lancashire Telegraph . West Lancashire is twinned with: 53°33′43″N 2°49′37″W / 53.562°N 2.827°W / 53.562; -2.827 Burscough Burscough ( / ˈ b ɜːr s k oʊ , - s k ə / ) is a town and civil parish in the district of West Lancashire , Lancashire , England. The town is located approximately 14 miles (23 km) north-northeast of Liverpool and 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Preston . Its northern part
703-642: The 2023 West Lancashire by-election , whereas the north of West Lancashire falls under the South Ribble constituency, which has been represented by Conservative Party MP Katherine Fletcher since the 2019 general election . Skelmersdale, a former New Town , and Ormskirk are the two main towns in the borough. These are surrounded by a patchwork of smaller settlements to the west and north. There are 21 civil parishes in West Lancashire. The main towns of Skelmersdale and Ormskirk are unparished areas . There
740-701: The Conference North to the NPL Premier Division in the 2008–09 season. A further relegation followed and the club now play in the NPL Division 1 (North). Although the allotments in Burscough have been used since the construction of the Richmond Avenue housing estate, the need for a formal society was identified by the Parish Council in order to obtain further land for allotments in Burscough. Following
777-482: The 13th century. Hesketh Bank had a substantial brick -making industry using the local boulder clay , bricks being transported by the West Lancashire Railway which opened in 1878. Due to its geographical location, close to the cities of Preston and Liverpool , the village suffered during the Second World War. Stray bombs hit the old church in 1943, and landed along Becconsall Lane, causing extensive damage to
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#1732883655007814-511: The Liverpool to Preston railway line. Burscough Bridge was the home of Victor Electrics , a manufacturer of battery electric road vehicles , including bread vans and milk floats . The company was formed by Outram's bakery of Southport , who could not find electric vehicles at a price they were prepared to pay, and so decided to build their own. The first bread van was produced in 1923, and proved so successful that several more were built. By 1927,
851-469: The company looked at the possibility of allowing another company, who were already involved in electric vehicle production, to take over the enterprise, but they decided to retain control of the facility. The company was based on Victoria Street, just to the north of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, where there was a bakery shown on maps from 1928, and engineering works on the 1972 map. Initial models looked like
888-518: The council since 1974 has been as follows: The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in West Lancashire. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 1992 have been: Following the 2024 election , the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2026. The council is based at 52 Derby Street in Ormskirk, which was originally a pair of large semi-detached Victorian houses called Beaconsfield (number 52) and Abbotsford (number 54). Beaconsfield
925-488: The district was awarded borough status , causing the council to change its name from West Lancashire District Council to West Lancashire Borough Council, and allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor. Proposals to divide Lancashire into three unitary authorities were put forward in 2020, which would have seen both Lancashire County Council and West Lancashire Borough Council abolished. The Government did not pursue that proposed reform, although left open
962-535: The east the land rises to Harrock Hill, Parbold Hill, and Ashurst Hill ; the River Douglas flows west through the valley between the last two, then turns north and forms the borough boundary. The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , covering the whole area of two former districts and parts of another two districts, all of which were abolished at the same time: In 2009
999-582: The housing there. The village has some architectural gems such as Becconsall Old Church which was hit by bomb shrapnel during World War II, All Saints Church on Station Road replaced the old church and is of some architectural significance as is the Becconsall Public House, which shut in June 2009 and was subsequently demolished. The former pub site was redeveloped as housing, keeping the name alive as Becconsall Gardens. The West Lancashire Light Railway
1036-563: The largest town is Skelmersdale . The district borders Fylde to the north, over the Ribble Estuary; South Ribble , Chorley , and Wigan to the east; St Helens and Knowsley to the south; and Sefton to the south and west. The borough has a population of 117,400 and an area of 133.8 square miles (347 km ). It is primarily rural, and the most populous settlements after Ormskirk and Skelmersdale are Burscough (9,935), Up Holland (7,578), and Tarleton (5,959). The borough council
1073-404: The possibility of other forms of reorganisation in future. West Lancashire Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lancashire County Council . Parts of the district are also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council employs around 600 people, making it one of West Lancashire's largest employers. It
1110-470: The public. Situated on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, next to the southern bridge of the town centre, the development consists of approximately thirty units available for retail, leisure or office/studio space. Current businesses operating within the central square of Burscough Wharf consist of an instrumental music school, various independent gift shops, food and drink outlets, including a burger restaurant, gin bar and tea room, and health and beauty salons, and
1147-550: The southwest of the current settlement. The priory formerly housed the tombs of some of the Stanley family , earls of Derby , which are now to be found in Ormskirk parish church . With the building of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the coming of the railways in the mid-18th century new developments took place north of the original village, in what came to be called Burscough Bridge, though
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1184-636: The town as suffering from "severe congestion". The canal junction with the Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is in Burscough. The town has two main railway stations : Burscough Junction , on the Liverpool to Preston line, was opened by the East Lancashire Railway on 2 April 1849, though the line now terminates at Ormskirk . Burscough Bridge , on the Southport to Manchester line,
1221-591: The two communities have long since melded together. For over a hundred years (from c. 1892 ) there was an Ordnance Depot on the eastern edge of Burscough, but this closed in 1996 and the site has been redeveloped into housing. Burscough is within the West Lancashire constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , and is currently represented by Ashley Dalton of the Labour Party . Lancashire
1258-609: Was closed almost a century later, in 1964. The station site is now occupied by a housing estate. The village is home to football, cricket, badminton and crown green bowls clubs, the Hesketh Bank Silver Band and the West Lancashire Light Railway . West Lancashire West Lancashire is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire , England. The council is based in Ormskirk , and
1295-426: Was linked to the nearby forts at Wigan and Ribchester , and is significant as Roman sites are rare in the west of Lancashire. It is a scheduled monument . Burscough developed later as a small farming village on a low ridge above the West Lancashire Coastal Plain , and has Viking roots – Burh-skogr = fortress in the woods. Of early importance to the village was Burscough Priory , the ruins of which stand to
1332-508: Was opened by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway on 9 April 1855. There is also a third station two miles from the centre in New Lane , which is a small halt on the same line as Burscough Bridge. These lines formerly had a junction known as the Burscough curves. The removal of the curves prevents through train services between Ormskirk and Southport and Southport and Preston. The Burscough Junction Station Crash occurred on 15 January 1880 on
1369-489: Was purchased in 1925 by West Lancashire Rural District Council, one of the modern council's predecessors, and converted to become its headquarters, being formally opened on 30 July 1925. Abbotsford was acquired later and the building has been significantly extended to the rear. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 45 councillors representing 15 wards , with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with
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