Skelmersdale

E223752

new town town

Skelmersdale is a planned new town in West Lancashire, England, known for its extensive roundabout road system and post-war housing developments.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Skelmersdale canonical	15
Skelmersdale and Holland Urban District	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	new town ⓘ town ⓘ
ceremonialCounty	Lancashire ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
designatedAsNewTown	1961 ⓘ
developmentPhase	post-war expansion ⓘ
dialCode	01695 ⓘ
distanceTo	about 13 miles northeast of Liverpool ⓘ about 15 miles southwest of Preston ⓘ
governingBody	Borough of West Lancashire ⓘ surface form: West Lancashire Borough Council
hasFeature	pedestrian subways ⓘ separated pedestrian and road networks ⓘ
hasGreenSpace	Tawd Valley Park ⓘ
hasNearbyMotorway	M58 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ M6 motorway ⓘ
hasPlannedTownCharacteristics	zoned residential and industrial areas ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicHistory	coal mining ⓘ
hasRiver	River Tawd ⓘ
hasRoadSystemCharacteristic	extensive roundabout network ⓘ
hasShoppingCentre	Concourse Shopping Centre ⓘ
hasTransportCharacteristic	limited rail services in the town itself ⓘ
hasUrbanForm	post-war housing developments ⓘ
locatedIn	Lancashire ⓘ North West England ⓘ West Lancashire ⓘ
OSGridReference	SD 485 065 ⓘ
partOf	Borough of West Lancashire ⓘ surface form: West Lancashire Borough
postalCodeArea	WN8 ⓘ
postTown	SKELMERSDALE ⓘ
region	North West England ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parbold → nearbyTown → Skelmersdale ⓘ

River Tawd → flowsThrough → Skelmersdale ⓘ

River Tawd → hasSettlementOnBank → Skelmersdale ⓘ

British New Towns movement → notableExample → Skelmersdale ⓘ

M58 motorway → passesNear → Skelmersdale ⓘ

West Lancashire → contains → Skelmersdale ⓘ

West Lancashire → replaced → Skelmersdale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skelmersdale and Holland Urban District

Geography of the Borough of West Lancashire → hasPrincipalTown → Skelmersdale ⓘ

Borough of West Lancashire → containsSettlement → Skelmersdale ⓘ

Borough of West Lancashire → replacedEntity → Skelmersdale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skelmersdale and Holland Urban District

Ormskirk → near → Skelmersdale ⓘ

Lancashire coalfield → hasMiningTown → Skelmersdale ⓘ

Bootle-Wilbraham → hasConnectionTo → Skelmersdale ⓘ

Ribble catchment → containsTown → Skelmersdale ⓘ

M58 motorway (nearby) → near → Skelmersdale ⓘ

subject surface form: M58 motorway

Switch Island → connectsToDestination → Skelmersdale ⓘ

M58 → passesNear → Skelmersdale ⓘ