Ormskirk is a Town in the county of Lancashire.
Ormskirk is a historic market town in Lancashire known for its gingerbread. Ormskirk is located 6 miles south of Liverpool.
A motte-and-bailey castle formerly stood in Ormskirk, and it’s probable that the mound was erected soon after the Norman Conquest of 1066 to keep an eye on the River Ouse while also protecting access points to York.The town’s name is thought to come from orm or orme, which means serpent or dragon in Old Norse.
Its history goes way back to the 11th century and has been linked with many events and people over the years.
Ormskirk postcode: L39 2XN
There are great places to visit near Ormskirk including some great towns, villages, parks, waterfalls, woodlands, rivers and streams, old mines, ruins, historic buildings, ancient sites, historic monuments, hiking areas, hills, round cairns, lakes, bluebell woods, geological features, gardens, country parks, nature reserves, historic sites, canals, roman sites, museums, caves, limestone pavements, sssis, beaches, attractions, shopping centres, cities and castles.
Towns to visit near Ormskirk include Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.
There are a number of villages near Ormskirk including Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.
The area around Ormskirk features a number of interesting parks including Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park.
The area around Ormskirk features a number of interesting waterfalls including Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.
Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough are great places to visit near Ormskirk if you like woodlands.
Don't miss Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Ormskirk.
Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Lead Mines Clough Lead Mines, Coppice Stile Lead Mine Trial, White Coppice Lead Mine, Duxbury Park Colliery (ruin), Ellerbeck Collieries (ruin), and Sykes Mine are great places to visit near Ormskirk if you like old mines.
Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin) are great places to visit near Ormskirk if you like ruins.
There are a several good historic buildings in the Ormskirk area like Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, Astley Hall, Chorley Lodge, Belmont Paper Mills (Derelict), Blacko Tower, The Wishing Well at Hollinshead Hall, and Hoghton Tower.
Don't miss Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, The Quernmore Burial, Standing Stones Hill, Pikestones Chambered Long Cairn, Jepsons Gate Cairn, Black Coppice Chambered Cairn, and Dog Holes Cave's ancient sites if visiting the area around Ormskirk.
Ormskirk's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge.
Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice are some of Ormskirk best hiking areas to visit near Ormskirk.
The area around Ormskirk features a number of interesting hills including Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick.
Places near Ormskirk feature a number of interesting round cairns including Jepsons Gate Cairn.
There are a number of lakes near Ormskirk including High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir.
The area around Ormskirk boasts some of the best bluebell woods including High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods.
The area around Ormskirk features a number of interesting geological features including Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones.
The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower are some of Ormskirk best gardens to visit near Ormskirk.
Ormskirk has some unmissable country parks nearby like Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.
There are a number of nature reserves near Ormskirk including Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood.
There are a several good historic sites in the area around Ormskirk like Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Heath Charnock, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Higher Wheelton, Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Summit to Wigan Section, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Adlington, Lancaster Canal at Bolton-le-Sands, and Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Rufford Branch are great places to visit near Ormskirk if you like canals.
There are a several good roman sites in the Ormskirk area like Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.
The area around Ormskirk boasts some of the best museums including Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston.
The area around Ormskirk boasts some of the best caves including Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.
Places near Ormskirk feature a number of interesting limestone pavements including Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement.
The area around Ormskirk features a number of interesting sssis including Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors.
Ormskirk has some unmissable beaches nearby like Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf.
The area around Ormskirk boasts some of the best attractions including Madame Tussauds Blackpool, The Big One, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
There are a several good shopping centres in the area around Ormskirk like The Concourse Shopping Centre.
Don't miss Preston, and Lancaster's cities if visiting the area around Ormskirk.
Don't miss Clitheroe Castle's castles if visiting the area around Ormskirk.
Ormskirk History
There are some historic monuments around Ormskirk:
Places to see near Ormskirk
History of Ormskirk
The fountain was then moved again to opposite the Drill Hall down Southport Road in the 1890s when space was needed to site the Disraeli statue. The market was established by a royal charter that was granted by Edward I in 1286 to the monks of Burscough Priory. Thursday has been market day in Ormskirk since at least 1292. The King also granted a borough charter to Ormskirk at about the same time, but this seems to have become extinct by the end of the 15th century.
