Aughton is a village and

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in the

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district of

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, England. It is located between

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and

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, approximately north of

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and south-west of Preston. The parish is rural to the south and west. The north-east contains Town Green and the southern part of Aughton Park, which are suburbs of Ormskirk. The village of Aughton is located in the south-west. Internationally, the village is known for its three

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restaurants with five

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between them as of 2025.

Demographics and politics

At the 2021 Census Aughton had a population of 8,034, a reduction from 8,068 at the 2011 Census and 8,342 at the 2001 Census. The parish includes the village of Aughton and the adjacent area of Holt Green, and the southern part of Aughton Park, and Town Green. Aughton has its own parish council. It is part of the Aughton and Downholland

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for West Lancashire District Council elections and the West Lancashire constituency for the

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Transport

The A59 road, which runs between Liverpool and

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, passes through the parish from north to south, bypassing Aughton village to the west. The B5197 road also runs north-south through the village. The parish has two railway stations, Town Green and Aughton Park, both on the

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of the

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network, and part of the former

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Facilities

Aughton has two shopping areas: on Moss Delph Lane and Town Green Lane. Also, there are

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s and a park next to the fields and other open spaces totalling . There is a community centre, the Aughton Village Hall. The hall was opened in 1971 on land donated to the District Council. It is a registered charity and managed by a voluntary committee. Having moved from premises in Holt Green, the official opening of the new Aughton

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on 3 March 2003 saw it occupy the old waiting room and general outbuildings of

Town Green railway station Town Green railway station is a railway station in Town Green, Aughton, Lancashire, England, situated on the Ormskirk branch of Merseyrail's Northern Line. Location It is located at the junction of Town Green Lane and Middlewood Road with pede ...

. At that time, this police station was the first in the

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to have the enquiry counter staffed exclusively by volunteers. There are two notable churches, Christ Church, a late Victorian building situated on Holborn Hill, one of the higher points in West Lancashire, and St Michael's Parish Church. St Michael's has been designated by

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as a Grade I

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. Aughton Park Baptist Church and St Mary's R C Church are also located within the civil parish. Moor Hall, on Prescot Road, is a Grade II* listed manor house built around 1600. It was converted in the spring 2017 to a restaurant with rooms, being awarded a

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later that year. On Bold Lane is a social club, the Aughton Institute. Within the Institute is a memorial to three men from the Parish who were killed in

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and to 40 men who served. It was unveiled on 11 February 1922 by the

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Restaurants

There are three

restaurants in Aughton with five

between them as of 2025: Moor Hall, The Barn and sō-lō. The high proportion of quality restaurants and other culinary establishments have seen Aughton surpass Kyoto as the place with the highest proportion of Michelin stars per head of the population, and have helped Aughton gain international attention as a destination for culinary tourists.

Notable connections

* Donald Boumphrey, soldier and cricketer. Lived in Aughton, where he died in 1971 * Barry Cowan, tennis player, former member of Aughton Tennis Club *

Kieran Dowell Kieran O'Neill Dowell (born 10 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Rangers. Dowell previously played for Everton, from where he had loan spells with Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Derby ...

, Everton footballer, was born in Aughton *

Roy Evans Roy Quentin Echlin Evans (born 4 October 1948) is an English former footballer who played as a defender for Liverpool, where he also had a spell as manager. Aside from his time at Liverpool, he had a short spell in the United States; and also ...

, former Liverpool FC player and manager, lives in Aughton *

Gavin Griffiths Gavin Timothy Griffiths (born 19 November 1993) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm Fast bowling, fast-medium Bowling (cricket), bowler, who also bats right-handed. He made h ...

, Leicestershire County Cricketer, lives in Aughton * John Grindrod 1919-2009, Anglican Primate of Australia, was born in Aughton on 14 December 1919 *

Colin Harvey James Colin Harvey (born 16 November 1944) is an English former professional association football, footballer who is best known for his time as a player, coach and manager with Everton F.C., Everton. Playing career Harvey was born in Liverpool ...

, footballer, lives in Aughton * Alan Kennedy, former footballer, lived in Aughton. * Les Pattinson, bass player for Echo & the Bunnymen, was raised in Aughton *

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, guitarist for Echo & the Bunnymen, lived in Aughton

Gallery

File:Town Green railway station.JPG, Town Green station File:Aughton Park railway station.JPG, Aughton Park station File:St Michael's Parish Church, Aughton.JPG, St Michael's Parish Church File:Christ Church Aughton - geograph.org.uk - 92290.jpg, Christ Church File:AughtonVillageHall-Exterior.jpg, Aughton Village Hall File:The_Stanley_Arms_Pub.jpg, The Stanley Arms Pub

References

External links

Parish Council

Aughton Village Hall

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