Lostock Hall
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Lostock Hall is a small village in Lancashire to the south of Preston and to the north of Farington. It is now bordered to its immediate south-east by the large M6/M61/M65 motorway interchange.
Lostock Hall has an identity of its own but in common with other small areas in modern times it is being taken over by new housing estates and a reduction in 'community spirit'. The former separate community of Tardy Gate is now for all intents and purposes a part of Lostock Hall - it used to be the farming community linking one part of rural Lancashire to another. Lostock Hall's main road to the east, Brownedge Road, links it to Bamber Bridge, the boundary between the two being almost indistinguishable. Similarly, to the north, Leyland Road leads to the district of Penwortham, this boundary being similarly vague - most locals could not point out the dividing line. To the South and west the village is bounded by farmland, being the eastward edge of a large tract of arable and horticultural land extending to Southport and the Irish Sea coast, but even here the boundaries are vague. The main former turnpike road to the South-west has its postal and parish boundaries with Farington Moss in totally different places.
The former industrial base of cotton mills and a moderately large railway repair depot is now largely gone, with most inhabitants commuting to work, mainly in Preston
Due to boundary changes, the township is currently split between two parliamentary constituencies - Preston and South Ribble. Following the latest report from the Boundary Commission for England, Lostock Hall and Tardy Gate are moved into an extended Ribble Valley constituency.
Lostock Hall is a part of South Ribble district council, and is one part of the Farington County Council division.
Lostock Hall maintains a railway station. The East Lancashire line on which the station stands is frequently used by railway companies as a bypass for the main West Coast Main Line when that is being repaired, as it links with the Settle-Carlisle line. For this reason also steam trains often pass through on special excursions, attracting steam-train buffs to the many ideal viewing places.
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