Sollom

Sollom
View down Liverpool Old Road in Sollom
Sollom Sollom shown within Lancashire
Population	5,350 2001 Census (Tarleton Parish)
OS grid reference	SD454187
Civil parish	Tarleton
District	West Lancashire
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR4
Dialling code	01704
	01772
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	South Ribble
List of places UK England Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°39′43″N 2°49′30″W / 53.662°N 2.825°W / 53.662; -2.825

Sollom is a hamlet in the parish of Tarleton, in Lancashire, England. It lies south of Tarleton and north of Rufford on the A59 road, giving the village good links to Preston, Southport and Liverpool.^[1]

Historically, the village was primarily an agricultural village thanks to the excellent soil, and farms in the area are still in use today.

Governance

The village is administered by West Lancashire District Council and Tarleton parish council.^[2]

Transport

The A59 road meets with the A565 road at a cross road junction with traffic lights on the border of Sollom and Tarleton. The A59 is the main road that runs through the hamlet. The nearest railway station is at Rufford, which is on the Preston-Ormskirk Branch service. The Rufford branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through Sollom, which has its own lock.

Landmarks

A feature of the hamlet is a school now converted into three separate houses. The Bayleaf Restaurant was formerly the Ram's Head public house which was extended to create an American themed restaurant before becoming an Indian Restaurant, the building is of significant age, but remains derelict since the restaurant closed in 2007. In 2008 the land occupied by a derelict petrol garage was re-developed into a modern country style complex of offices which sits on the Sollom corner of the A59 and A565 traffic light junction.

Geography

Sollom

Holmeswood

Rufford

Mawdesley

References

↑ Tarleton Township Boundaries, GenUKI, retrieved 2010-12-01
↑ Local Governance, Tarleton Parish Council, retrieved 2011-03-19

External links

Media related to Sollom at Wikimedia Commons

Geography of West Lancashire

Towns	Ormskirk Skelmersdale

Civil parishes	Aughton Bickerstaffe Bispham Burscough Dalton Downholland Great Altcar Halsall Hesketh-with-Becconsall Hilldale Lathom Lathom South Newburgh North Meols Parbold Rufford Scarisbrick Simonswood Tarleton Upholland Wrightington

Other villages and hamlets	Andertons Mill Appley Bridge Banks Barrow Nook Barton Bispham Green Downholland Cross Drummersdale Haskayne Hesketh Bank Holmes Holmeswood Hoscar Moss Hundred End Mere Brow Shirdley Hill Sollom Tarlscough Wrightington Bar

Topography	Leeds and Liverpool Canal Martin Mere (WWT Martin Mere) Mere Sands Wood River Douglas River Tawd

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