Bickerstaffe

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Bickerstaffe
Bickerstaffe (Lancashire)
Bickerstaffe

Bickerstaffe shown within Lancashire
Population 1,196
OS grid reference SD445045
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: UKEnglandLancashire

Coordinates: 53°32′02″N 2°50′17″W / 53.534, -2.838

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