Forton is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the Wyre district of the English county of

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near the

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. It is near the

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, between the city of Lancaster and the town of

Garstang Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster. In 2011, the parish had a total resident population of 4,268; ...

. Its population as measured at the 2011 Census is 1,213. It has one school, Forton Primary School, several churches and one pub, the New Holly.

Lancaster (Forton) services

Lancaster (Forton) services is a motorway service station near Forton, between junctions 32 and 33 of the

M6 motorway The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It is located entirely within England, running for just over from the Midlands to the border with Scotland. It begins at Junction 19 of the M1 and the western end of the A14 at ...

in England. The nearest city is Lancaster, about seven miles (11 km) to the north. The station is operated by Moto.

Notable people

* Tom Boardman, British auto racing driver

Transport

For transport there is the

and the

which has Lancaster (Forton) services on it.

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the city of Lancaster, the town of

, the village of Hollins Lane and the hamlets of Potters Brook and Shireshead.

Nearby waters

Nearby waters include the

Lancaster Canal The Lancaster Canal is a canal in North West England, originally planned to run from Westhoughton in Lancashire to Kendal in south Cumbria ( historically in Westmorland). The section around the crossing of the River Ribble was never complete ...

, the

River Wyre The River Wyre is a river in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) in length. The river is a County Biological Heritage Site and has a sheltered estuary ...

and Clevelymere.

Location grid

References

* http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Forton/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20100328105418/http://www.shireshead-forton.co.uk/village.htm#The%20famous%20mushroom

External links

https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10235 {{authority control Geography of the Borough of Wyre Villages in Lancashire Civil parishes in Lancashire