๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Sydney Smirke is associated with Ormskirk. He was Clerk of Works at St. James's Palace and Surveyor of the Inner Temple.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ormskirk is a market town in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England, 13 miles north of Liverpool, 11 miles north-west of St Helens, 9 miles south-east of Southport and 18 miles south-west of Preston. Ormskirk is known for its gingerbread.
Ormskirk lies on sloping ground on the side of a ridge, whose highest point is 81 metres (266ย ft) 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. Ormskirk is an unparished area, surrounded by the parishes of Bickerstaffe, Aughton, Scarisbrick, Burscough, Lathom and Lathom South.
The town is located in the district of West Lancashire and is the site of the headquarters of West Lancashire Borough Council.
Since Ormskirk does not have a parish council, a voluntary association, Ormskirk Community Partnership, was created in 2009, with the support of the West Lancashire Borough Council, to act as a voice for Ormskirk. Ormskirk is home to Edge Hill University.
Transport The A59 is the main road, with Preston to the north and Liverpool to the south. The A570, from Southport, crosses the town from west to east and provides a link to the national motorway network at junction 3 of the M58, about three miles from the town centre. It then continues to St Helens before reaching the M62 at Junction 7, Rainhill Stoops.
The town's railway station, which was refurbished at a cost of ยฃ1ย million in 2009, is a northern terminus of Merseyrail, and the line continues, with a change from electric to diesel multiple units, through to Preston, after the direct service was partitioned in 1970. This line was promoted by the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway in August 1846, but was completed by the East Lancashire Railway. The route and Ormskirk station opened on 2 April 1849, the undertaking being merged into the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway on 13 May 1859.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway built the Skelmersdale Branch line to Skelmersdale and Rainford Junction, which opened on 1 March 1858. Passenger services ended on 5 November 1956, goods to Rainford Junction finished on 16 November 1961 and to Skelmersdale on 4 November 1963.
Economy There is a Morrisons on Park Road, which was converted from a Safeway in 2005. The building was formerly home to the local gasworks, and the local Rover/Morris car dealership (Balmforths). The Two Saints is a modest retail park which opened in 2000 and contains a number of retailers including McDonald's, Argos, Mobility Store, Poundland, Aldi and a gym. In December 2013, when Blockbuster entered administration, its store at Two Saints closed. Ormskirk had an indoor market situated on Moorgate, but as of 2021 it is closed pending redevelopment. A Tesco Metro was located on Church Street, but it closed in April 2015.
An out of town business park, The Hattersley Centre, opened in February 2008, with a Home Bargains, Howdens, Tile Giant, Magnet, Jewson, Halfords (which closed in 2020) and a Plumbase. After Focus DIY went into administration, its store on the Hattersley Centre closed. The unit which it occupied was split into three, two being occupied by Home Bargains and The Food Warehouse by Iceland. An application for Asda to open in the unit was rejected in February 2011, after the application was submitted in August 2009. The centre was never fully occupied, and had been struggling since its completion. Netto closed down in August 2016, after the firm pulled out of the United Kingdom. The store had opened in November 2014. 2019 saw the Hattersley Centre expand with new units being built on adjacent unused land and occupied by Lidl and Toolstation. The expansion followed funding of ยฃ6.2M being secured from the Royal Bank of Scotland to clear the adjacent land and build new units. 2019 also saw Magnet vacate one of the units, but this was quickly occupied by Screwfix.
One of the last significant manufacturing businesses remaining in Ormskirk were Atkinson & Kirby, who make hardwood floors and employed 80 people. They relocated in September 2015 after operating from Ormskirk for over 100 years. Businesses in the town are mainly professional and financial services, such as solicitors, estate agents, and accountants.
Ormskirk has a population of over 24,000 people. Ormskirk also forms the centre of the wider West Lancashire district which has a population of over 110,685 people. It is also a part of the larger Merseyside area.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Ormskirk has links with:
๐ซ๐ท Cergy, France ๐ซ๐ท Cergy-Pontoise, France ๐ฉ๐ช Erkrath, Germany๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Architect Sydney Smirke is associated with Ormskirk. He was Clerk of Works at St. James's Palace and Surveyor of the Inner Temple.
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Rochdale 53.582
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Scunthorpe 53.592
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Kirklees 53.593
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bury 53.593
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Grimsby 53.561
๐ฉ๐ช Neubrandenburg 53.558
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Barnsley 53.555
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Skelmersdale 53.549
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Wigan 53.545
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Oldham 53.544
๐ฉ๐ช Bremerhaven 53.542
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Angus -2.854
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Knowsley -2.853
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Lancaster -2.803
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Haddington -2.782
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Skelmersdale -2.776
๐ซ๐ท Saint-Brieuc -2.765
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Forfar -2.888
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Chester -2.894
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ellesmere Port -2.902
๐ช๐ธ Miranda de Ebro -2.933
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Carlisle -2.944
Locations Near: Ormskirk -2.88624,53.5662
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Knowsley -2.853,53.457 d: 12.4
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Southport -3.006,53.648 d: 12.1
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Bootle -2.989,53.446 d: 15
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ St Helens -2.75,53.451 d: 15.7
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Liverpool -2.992,53.407 d: 19
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Birkenhead -3.014,53.394 d: 21
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Widnes -2.733,53.374 d: 23.6
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Wigan -2.633,53.545 d: 16.9
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Chorley -2.632,53.653 d: 19.3
Antipodal to: Ormskirk 177.114,-53.566
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๐ณ๐ฟ Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 18850.2
๐ณ๐ฟ Invercargill 168.373,-46.413 d: 19005.1
๐ณ๐ฟ Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 18829.4
๐ณ๐ฟ Queenstown 168.658,-45.033 d: 18887.1
๐ณ๐ฟ Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18638.1
๐ณ๐ฟ Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18632.1
๐ณ๐ฟ Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18632.1
๐ณ๐ฟ Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 18624.1