Bickerstaffe
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Bickerstaffe | |
Bickerstaffe shown within Lancashire |
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Population | 1,196 |
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Parish | Bickerstaffe |
District | West Lancashire |
Shire county | Lancashire |
Region | North West |
Constituent country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ORMSKIRK |
Postcode district | L39 |
Dialling code | 01695 |
Police | Lancashire |
Fire | Lancashire |
Ambulance | North West |
European Parliament | North West England |
UK Parliament | West Lancashire |
List of places: UK • England • Lancashire |
Bickerstaffe is a village and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,196. The village is near junction 3 of the M58 motorway, and is about four miles west of Skelmersdale.
The grounds of Bickerstaffe AFC are at Hall Lane.
In the seventeenth century, Bickerstaffe was an important local centre of the Quakers in West Lancashire