Scorton, Lancashire

Scorton is a small village near the River Wyre, in the Wyre district of Lancashire, England. It is located north of Garstang. The name means "farmstead near a ditch or ravine."[2]

Scorton

St. Peter's Church, Scorton
Scorton
Location in Wyre Borough
Scorton
Location in the Forest of Bowland
Scorton
Location within Lancashire
Population297 [1](2001 Census)
OS grid referenceSD501488
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPRESTON
Postcode districtPR3
Dialling code01524
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Background

In the 19th century there was a cotton mill in the village[3] and the village had a railway station on the West Coast Main Line from 1841 until 1939.[4] The village has three churches, a primary school, village hall, the Priory Hotel, Daisy Clough Nurseries and Wyresdale Park, and is home to The Barn garden centre, gift shop, cafe and restaurant. The annual Scorton Steam show takes place on Fathers' Day weekend in June each year [5] and the Lancashire Game and Country Festival which takes place at the same purpose-built showground.[6]

The hills around include the much walked Nicky Nook on the edge of the Forest of Bowland area.

Scorton is home to the popular Bikes and Barrows Festival, which started in 2011. This event takes place each May Day bank holiday weekend.

Buildings

St. Peters Church, built 1878–79, one of three churches in the village, has a special family grave set up for the Farnworth and Metcalfe family, by James Metcalfe in the late 1950s.

Wyresdale Hall, built 1856–58, is one mile north-east and was built for the Ormerod family of Bolton.

Scorton Village Hall, built 1926, gifted by the Ormerod family to the people of the village.

Hall

Wyresdale Hall, a grade II listed country house and estate with licensed wedding barns, fishing lake and host to the Apple Store Cafe is located near the village.[7]

People
  • Wyresdale Hall
  • Stouts Bar
  • Six Arches Bridge
  • Old Police Station (A6)
  • Scorton Village Shop and Post Office

References
  1. Neighbourhood Statistics for Output Area 30UQHG0007
  2. Wyre Borough Council - History of Wyre - Scorton Archived 17 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Industry
  4. Timeline
  5. http://www.scortonsteam.co.uk/
  6. http://www.lancashiregamefestival.co.uk/
  7. Wyresdale Park Barn Weddings https://www.wyresdalepark.co.uk/barn-wedding-lancashire
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