OrmskirkOrmskirk is a market town in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England, north of Liverpool, northwest of St Helens, southeast of Southport and southwest of Preston. Ormskirk is known for its gingerbread. In 2011 it had a population of 24,073. Ormskirk lies on sloping ground on the side of a ridge, whose highest point is above sea-level, at the centre of the West Lancashire Plain, and has been described as a "planned borough", laid out in the 13th century.
Colne (Lancashire)Colne (koʊn) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. Located northeast of Nelson, north-east of Burnley, east of Preston and west of Leeds. The town should not be confused with the unrelated Colne Valley around the River Colne near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. Colne is close to the southern entrance to the Aire Gap, the lowest crossing of the Pennine watershed. The M65 terminates west of the town and from here two main roads take traffic onwards towards the Yorkshire towns of Skipton (A56) and Keighley (A6068).
Rugby à XIIILe rugby à XIII, appelé rugby league dans les pays anglophones, est un sport collectif opposant deux équipes de treize joueurs qui se disputent un ballon ovale dans un stade. L'objectif est de marquer plus de points que son adversaire, soit à la main en marquant des essais, soit au pied en marquant des pénalités ou des transformations.
WesthoughtonWesthoughton (wɛstˈhɔːtən ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, southwest of Bolton, east of Wigan and northwest of Manchester. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Westhoughton was once a centre for coal mining, cotton-spinning and textile manufacture. It had a population of 24,974 at the 2011 Census.
MorecambeMorecambe est une paroisse civile et une station balnéaire de la Cité de Lancaster, dans le Lancashire, en Angleterre. Située sur la baie de Morecambe, elle comptait environ en 2003. vignette|gauche|Statue d'Eric Morecambe à Morecambe. Morecambe était le lieu de naissance du comique Eric Morecambe, membre du duo comique Morecambe and Wise (l'autre étant Ernie Wise). Il est commémoré par une statue sur le bord de la mer. La série britannique The Bay, diffusée sur France Télévisions sous le titre "Enquêtes à Morecambe", se déroule dans cette ville.
RawtenstallRawtenstall est une ville britannique située dans le comté de Lancashire, Angleterre. La ville est le siège du district non-métroplitain de Rossendale au sud de Lancashire. Les villes voisines incluent Bacup, Haslingden et Ramsbottom. Elle est 17.4 miles au nord de Manchester, 45 miles au sud de Lancashire et 22 miles à l'est de Preston. La ville est jumelée à Bocholt, Allemagne. Rawtenstall forme partie de la circonscription parlementaire britannique de Rossendale and Darwen, qui est représentée par Jake Berry un député conservateur au chambre des communes à Westminster depuis les élections générales britanniques de 2010.
WidnesWidnes est une ville industrielle anglaise dans le borough d'Halton (comté de Cheshire) avec une population de en 2004. HMS Black Swan (L57) est parrainé par la communauté civile de Widnes pendant la campagne nationale du Warship Week (semaine des navires de guerre) en . Il est un sloop britannique, de la classe Black Swan, construit pour la Royal Navy. Le club local de rugby à XIII est Widnes Vikings, fondé en 1873 et surnommé , et qui évolue en alternativement entre Super League et Championship.
RoytonRoyton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 21,284 in 2011. Close to the source of the River Irk, near undulating land at the foothills of the South Pennines, it is northwest of Oldham, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Royton and its surroundings have provided evidence of ancient British, Roman and Viking activity in the area.
HorwichHorwich (ˈhɒrɪtʃ ) is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. within the Historic County Boundaries of Lancashire, It is southeast of Chorley, northwest of Bolton and northwest of Manchester. It lies at the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors with the M61 motorway passing close to the south and west. At the 2011 Census, Horwich had a population of 20,067. Horwich emerged in the Middle Ages as a hunting chase.
TraffordTrafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of 235,493 in 2017. It covers and includes the area of Old Trafford and the towns of Altrincham, Stretford, Urmston, Partington and Sale. The borough was formed in 1974 as a merger of six former districts and part of a seventh. The River Mersey flows through the borough, separating North Trafford from South Trafford, and the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. Trafford is the fifth-most populous district in Greater Manchester.