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Myerscough and Bilsborrow

Myerscough and Bilsborrow
Lancaster Canal at Bilsborrow - geograph.org.uk - 1774998.jpg
The Lancaster Canal at Bilsborrow
Myerscough and Bilsborrow is located in Lancashire
Myerscough and Bilsborrow
Myerscough and Bilsborrow
Myerscough and Bilsborrow shown within Lancashire
Population 1,301 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PRESTON
Postcode district PR3
Dialling code 01995
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
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UK
England
Lancashire
53°51′N 2°45′W / 53.85°N 2.75°W / 53.85; -2.75Coordinates: 53°51′N 2°45′W / 53.85°N 2.75°W / 53.85; -2.75

Myerscough and Bilsborrow /ˈmaɪərskə ənd ˈbɪlzbʌrə/ is a civil parish in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England. It was formed on 1 April 2003 as a merger of the former parishes of Bilsborrow and Myerscough, and lies on the eastern border of the Fylde plain.

The largest settlement is the village of Bilsborrow. The hamlet of Brock is immediately to the north of Bilsborrow, and the hamlet of Myerscough lies about a mile (2 km) to the west of Bilsborrow. The River Brock flows east-to-west along the northern border of the former Bilsborrow parish and through the former Myerscough parish.

The Lancaster Canal, West Coast Main Line, A6 road and M6 motorway all pass north-to-south through the parish. There are canal moorings at Bilsborrow, and a marina at the Barton Grange Garden Centre to the north. When the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway opened in 1840, it built Roebuck railway station next to the village, but in 1849 it was replaced by Brock railway station, half-a-mile (1 km) to the north, which survived until 1939.


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