Skelmersdale

Skelmersdale is a town in West Lancashire, England. It lies on high-ground on the River Tawd, 6 miles toward the west of Wigan, 13 miles 21 km toward the upper east of Liverpool, 15 miles 24 km south-southwest of Preston. The urbanization and advancement of Skelmersdale to a great extent concurred with the Industrial Revolution. Mechanical scale coal mining started in the mid 19^th century and kept on extending amid that century to offer ascent to Skelmersdale as an imperative colliery town. The town frames some portion of the Wigan Urban Area. Skelmersdale is arranged in a little valley on the River Tawd.

The town was intended to suit both vegetation and minimized lodging domains. Indeed, even in the town focus there is a curiously extensive measure of forestation. The extensive Beacon County Park deceives the east of Skelmersdale, where the famous Beacon Point lies, alongside the golf club. Skelmersdale's town focus is comprised of the Concourse Shopping Centre, casually known as "the Connie". The Concourse flaunts numerous stores, for example, Poundland, Home Bargains and Argos, and in addition a McDonald's eatery and KFC, the two of which are situated in the adjacent auto stop. There are additionally littler shopping marches in Skelmersdale which incorporate Sandy Lane, Digmoor Parade and Ashurst Shopping Center.