Great Altcar

Great Altcar is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, close to Formby on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. The population as taken at the 2011 census was 213.[1] The name Altcar is Norse meaning "marsh by the Alt". The church of St Michael and All Angels is a timber framed structure dating from 1879.

Great Altcar

Church of St Michael and All Angels, a local landmark
Great Altcar
Location in West Lancashire
Great Altcar
Location within Lancashire
Population213 (2011)
OS grid referenceSD323063
Civil parish
  • Great Altcar
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLIVERPOOL
Postcode districtL37
Dialling code01704
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

The area is now intensively farmed. An area called The Moss is situated to the north, and is characterized by drainage dykes.

Altcar hosted hare coursing's Waterloo Cup from 1836 to 2005, originally with the patronage of William Philip Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton. Altcar Training Camp, established in 1860, is actually in Hightown.

Geography

Great Altcar is on the B5195 road. It was served by Altcar and Hillhouse railway station on the Cheshire Lines Committee Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway Southport Extension until July 1952.

See also

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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