Garswood

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Map sources for Garswood at grid reference SJ556993

Garswood is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens , between Wigan (Greater Manchester), and St Helens (Merseyside), England. Before the local government reorganisation it was in the historic county of Lancashire. It is often associated with the nearby town of Ashton-in-Makerfield and has enjoyed considerable expansion since the mid 1960s due to population movement from the nearby cities of Liverpool and Manchester to the less urban areas of South Lancashire.

Garswood railway station provides direct rail links to Liverpool Lime Street, St. Helens and Wigan.

Road links are provided by the village's proximity to the M6 motorway and the East Lancashire Road (A580), and it is equidistant from St. Helens and Wigan. Garswood is not far from Haydock Industrial / Business Estate, where such companies as ASDA, Sainsbury, Booker and many more, have warehousing facilities which employ a large number of people, many living in Garswood.