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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ormskirk%2C_clock_tower.jpg/240px-Ormskirk%2C_clock_tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ormskirk%2C_clock_tower.jpg/360px-Ormskirk%2C_clock_tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ormskirk%2C_clock_tower.jpg/480px-Ormskirk%2C_clock_tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3252" data-file-height="2262" /></a></span><div>Ormskirk town centre</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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.longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ormskirk&params=53.5665_N_2.8869_W_region:GB_type:city(24073)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°33′59″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°53′13″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.5665°N 2.8869°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.5665; -2.8869</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ormskirk</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market town</a> in the <a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire</a> district of <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, England. It is located 13 miles (21 km) north of <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, 11 miles (18 km) northwest of <a href="/wiki/St_Helens,_Merseyside" title="St Helens, Merseyside">St Helens</a>, 9 miles (14 km) southeast of <a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a> and 18 miles (29 km) southwest of <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>. Ormskirk is known for its <a href="/wiki/Gingerbread" title="Gingerbread">gingerbread</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011 it had a population of 24,073. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_administration">Geography and administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography and administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ormskirk lies on sloping ground on the side of a ridge, whose highest point is 81 metres (266 ft) above sea-level,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the centre of the <a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire_Coastal_Plain" title="West Lancashire Coastal Plain">West Lancashire Plain</a>, and has been described as a "planned borough", laid out in the 13th century.<sup id="cite_ref-assessment_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-assessment-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ormskirk is an <a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">unparished area</a>, surrounded by the <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">parishes</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bickerstaffe" title="Bickerstaffe">Bickerstaffe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aughton,_Lancashire" title="Aughton, Lancashire">Aughton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scarisbrick" title="Scarisbrick">Scarisbrick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burscough" title="Burscough">Burscough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lathom" title="Lathom">Lathom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lathom_South" title="Lathom South">Lathom South</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town is located in the <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">district</a> of <a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire" title="West Lancashire">West Lancashire</a> and is the site of the headquarters of West Lancashire Borough Council. </p><p>Since Ormskirk does not have a <a href="/wiki/Parish_councils_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Parish councils in England">parish council</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Voluntary_association" title="Voluntary association">voluntary association</a>, Ormskirk Community Partnership, was created in 2009, with the support of the West Lancashire Borough Council, to act as a voice for Ormskirk.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ormskirk is home to <a href="/wiki/Edge_Hill_University" title="Edge Hill University">Edge Hill University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name is <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> in origin and is derived from <i>Ormres kirkja</i>, from a personal name, <i>Ormr</i> (which means <a href="/wiki/Serpent_(symbolism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serpent (symbolism)">"serpent"</a> or <a href="/wiki/European_dragon" title="European dragon">dragon</a>), and the Old Norse word <i>kirkja</i> for <i><a href="/wiki/Christian_Church" title="Christian Church">church</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-assessment_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-assessment-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ormr may have been a <a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">Viking</a> who settled here, became a Christian and founded the church but there are no other records or <a href="/wiki/Archeology" class="mw-redirect" title="Archeology">archaeological</a> evidence to support this and Ormr's identity is unknown. </p><p>There is no reference to Ormskirk in the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> of 1086, but it has been suggested that it may have been part of <a href="/wiki/Lathom" title="Lathom">Lathom</a> at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In about 1189, the lord of Lathom granted the church of Ormskirk to <a href="/wiki/Burscough_Priory" title="Burscough Priory">Burscough Priory</a>, which does suggest that Ormskirk had been subordinate to Lathom before that date.<sup id="cite_ref-assessment_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-assessment-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An open market is held twice weekly, on Thursdays and Saturdays, in the pedestrianised centre of Ormskirk. The location was originally the junction of the main roads to <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>, Liverpool and <a href="/wiki/Wigan" title="Wigan">Wigan</a>, and was marked by a <a href="/wiki/Market_cross" title="Market cross">market cross</a> going back to medieval times. During the 18th and 19th centuries the Cross, as the junction was known, was the location of a large lamp mounted on an obelisk with a circular drinking fountain for both people and animals around the base. This was moved to the junction of St Helens Road and Moor Street to make room for the erection of the clock tower in 1876. </p><p>The fountain was then moved again to opposite the Drill Hall down Southport Road in the 1890s when space was needed to site the Disraeli statue. The market was established by a <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a> that was granted by <a href="/wiki/Edward_I_of_England" title="Edward I of England">Edward I</a> in 1286 to the monks of <a href="/wiki/Burscough_Priory" title="Burscough Priory">Burscough Priory</a>. Thursday has been market day in Ormskirk since at least 1292. The King also granted a borough charter to Ormskirk at about the same time, but this seems to have become extinct by the end of the 15th century.<sup id="cite_ref-assessment_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-assessment-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ormskirk <a href="/wiki/Poor_Law_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Poor Law Union">Poor Law Union</a> was established in 1837, covering 21 parishes and townships from <a href="/wiki/Tarleton" title="Tarleton">Tarleton</a> to <a href="/wiki/Simonswood" title="Simonswood">Simonswood</a>, and from <a href="/wiki/Birkdale,_Southport" title="Birkdale, Southport">Birkdale</a> to Skelmersdale. Ormskirk Union Workhouse was built in 1853 on Wigan Road and later became <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_District_General_Hospital" title="Ormskirk District General Hospital">Ormskirk District General Hospital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With its weekly markets, the town became a focal point for local farmers and their agricultural workers, cottagers, cow-keepers etc. to trade their goods and obtain necessities from the markets and from the retail establishments which were established along with public houses and inns. An engineering industry, based on making and mending agricultural machinery also developed. </p><p>The town became known for its gingerbread over the years when local women would bake the gingerbread in their own homes and then take it to the staging inns to sell to passengers. When the railway arrived in the mid 19th century, the local gingerbread sellers found a new market. They were allowed to sell their product to passengers travelling through the railway station. One particular customer <a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">Edward, Prince of Wales</a>, later Edward VII, enjoyed the local gingerbread so much he sent orders to the town. The baking of gingerbread became part of the retail history of the town, with several local bakers claiming to have the original gingerbread recipe. A well known local woman, Sally Woods, was a recognisable figure on the market selling her gingerbread. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parish_Church_of_St_Peter_and_St_Paul">Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ormskirk_Parish_Church.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Ormskirk_Parish_Church.JPG/180px-Ormskirk_Parish_Church.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Ormskirk_Parish_Church.JPG/270px-Ormskirk_Parish_Church.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Ormskirk_Parish_Church.JPG/360px-Ormskirk_Parish_Church.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>The distinctive tower and spire of <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter_and_St_Paul,_Ormskirk" title="Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk">Ormskirk Parish Church</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Peter_and_St_Paul,_Ormskirk" title="Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk">Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul</a> is believed to be on the site of the original kirk, on a <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a> outcrop, and is the oldest building in the town. Its exact age is unknown; the building does contain some fragments of <a href="/wiki/Norman_architecture" title="Norman architecture">Norman architecture</a>. </p><p>The parish church has many connections with the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Derby" title="Earl of Derby">Earls of Derby</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanley,_17th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby">Stanley</a> family. Many family members are buried in the church's Derby Chapel, including <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Stanley,_1st_Earl_of_Derby" title="Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby">Thomas Stanley</a>, the first Earl, who caused <a href="/wiki/Richard_III_of_England" title="Richard III of England">Richard III</a> to lose his crown by changing sides at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bosworth" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Bosworth">Battle of Bosworth</a> in 1485, and the <a href="/wiki/Cavalier" title="Cavalier">Royalist</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Stanley,_7th_Earl_of_Derby" title="James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby">James Stanley</a>, the seventh Earl, who was beheaded at <a href="/wiki/Bolton" title="Bolton">Bolton</a> in 1651 after the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">Civil War</a>. His body is buried in one coffin and his head in a separate casket. </p><p>This is one of only three <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England_parish_church" title="Church of England parish church">parish churches</a> in England to have a tower and a separate spire, and is unique in that it has both at the same end of the building. (The other two are <a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Purton" title="St Mary's Church, Purton">St Mary's Church, Purton</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Wanborough" title="St Andrew's Church, Wanborough">St Andrew's Church, Wanborough</a>, both near <a href="/wiki/Swindon" title="Swindon">Swindon</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a>). Legend has it that Orme had two sisters, one who wanted a tower, and one who wanted a spire, and Orme built both to please both. </p><p>The 'steeple' in fact dates from the early 15th century, but the original blew down in 1731 and was rebuilt between 1790 and 1832. The large west tower was added to the church around 1548 to house the bells of nearby Burscough Priory following the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of the Monasteries">Dissolution of the Monasteries</a>. One of these bells can still be seen in the church. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ormskirk_railway_station_2009_b.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ormskirk_railway_station_2009_b.JPG/180px-Ormskirk_railway_station_2009_b.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ormskirk_railway_station_2009_b.JPG/270px-Ormskirk_railway_station_2009_b.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Ormskirk_railway_station_2009_b.JPG/360px-Ormskirk_railway_station_2009_b.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_railway_station" title="Ormskirk railway station">Ormskirk railway station</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/A59_road" title="A59 road">A59</a> is the main road, with <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a> to the north and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> to the south. The <a href="/wiki/A570_road" title="A570 road">A570</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a>, crosses the town from west to east and provides a link to the national motorway network at junction 3 of the <a href="/wiki/M58_motorway" title="M58 motorway">M58</a>, about three miles from the town centre. It then continues to <a href="/wiki/St_Helens,_Merseyside" title="St Helens, Merseyside">St Helens</a> before reaching the <a href="/wiki/M62_motorway" title="M62 motorway">M62</a> at Junction 7, Rainhill Stoops. The town has its own bus station, <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_bus_station" title="Ormskirk bus station">Ormskirk bus station</a>. </p><p>The town's <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_railway_station" title="Ormskirk railway station">railway station</a>, which was refurbished at a cost of £1 million in 2009, is a northern terminus of <a href="/wiki/Merseyrail" title="Merseyrail">Merseyrail</a>, and the line continues, with a change from electric to diesel multiple units, through to <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>, after the direct service was partitioned in 1970. This line was promoted by the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool,_Ormskirk_and_Preston_Railway" title="Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway">Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway</a> in August 1846, but was completed by the <a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Railway_1844-1859" class="mw-redirect" title="East Lancashire Railway 1844-1859">East Lancashire Railway</a>. The route and Ormskirk station opened on 2 April 1849, the undertaking being merged into the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway" title="Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway">Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway</a> on 13 May 1859. </p><p>The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway built the <a href="/wiki/Skelmersdale_Branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Skelmersdale Branch">Skelmersdale Branch</a> line to <a href="/wiki/Skelmersdale" title="Skelmersdale">Skelmersdale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rainford_Junction" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainford Junction">Rainford Junction</a>, which opened on 1 March 1858. Passenger services ended on 5 November 1956, goods to Rainford Junction finished on 16 November 1961 and to Skelmersdale on 4 November 1963. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_economy">Local economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Local economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a <a href="/wiki/Morrisons" title="Morrisons">Morrisons</a> on Park Road, which was converted from a <a href="/wiki/Safeway_(UK)" title="Safeway (UK)">Safeway</a> in 2005. The building was formerly home to the local gasworks, and the local <a href="/wiki/Rover_(marque)" title="Rover (marque)">Rover</a>/<a href="/wiki/Morris_Motors" title="Morris Motors">Morris</a> car dealership (<i>Balmforths</i>). The <i>Two Saints</i> is a modest retail park which opened in 2000 and contains a number of retailers including <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argos_(retailer)" title="Argos (retailer)">Argos</a>, <i>Mobility Store</i>, <a href="/wiki/Poundland" title="Poundland">Poundland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aldi" title="Aldi">Aldi</a> and a gym. In December 2013, when <a href="/wiki/Blockbuster_LLC" class="mw-redirect" title="Blockbuster LLC">Blockbuster</a> entered administration, its store at <i>Two Saints</i> closed.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Tesco_Metro" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesco Metro">Tesco Metro</a> was located on Church Street, but it closed in April 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An out of town business park, <i>The Hattersley Centre</i>, opened in February 2008, with a <a href="/wiki/Home_Bargains" title="Home Bargains">Home Bargains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howdens_Joinery" title="Howdens Joinery">Howdens</a>, Tile Giant, <a href="/wiki/Magnet_Kitchens" title="Magnet Kitchens">Magnet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jewson" title="Jewson">Jewson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halfords" title="Halfords">Halfords</a> (which closed in 2020) and a <a href="/wiki/Grafton_Group" title="Grafton Group">Plumbase</a>. After <a href="/wiki/Focus_DIY" title="Focus DIY">Focus DIY</a> went into administration, its store on the Hattersley Centre closed. An application for <a href="/wiki/Asda" title="Asda">Asda</a> to open in the unit was rejected in February 2011, after the application was submitted in August 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The centre was never fully occupied, and had been struggling since its completion.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Netto closed down in August 2016, after the firm pulled out of the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The store had opened in November 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2019 saw the Hattersley Centre expand with new units being built on adjacent unused land and occupied by Lidl and Toolstation.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The expansion followed funding of £6.2M being secured from the Royal Bank of Scotland to clear the adjacent land and build new units.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the last significant manufacturing businesses remaining in Ormskirk were Atkinson & Kirby, who make <a href="/wiki/Hardwood" title="Hardwood">hardwood</a> floors and employed 80 people.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They relocated in September 2015 after operating from Ormskirk for over 100 years.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Businesses in the town are mainly professional and financial services, such as solicitors, <a href="/wiki/Estate_agent" title="Estate agent">estate agents</a>, and accountants. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_School" title="Ormskirk School">Ormskirk School</a> (ages 11–18) is on Wigan Road in the east of the town, situated on a site formerly home to the demolished Cross Hall High School. The school is now part of the Endeavour Learning Trust. Ormskirk School is the result of a merger between <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_Grammar_School" title="Ormskirk Grammar School">Ormskirk Grammar School</a> and Cross Hall High School. <a href="/wiki/St_Bede%27s_Catholic_High_School,_Ormskirk" title="St Bede's Catholic High School, Ormskirk">St Bede's Catholic High School</a> (ages 11–16) is on St Anne's Road next to the A59 and Prescot Road, and opposite St Anne's Church. <a href="/wiki/Edge_Hill_University" title="Edge Hill University">Edge Hill University</a> is on the A570 <a href="/wiki/St_Helens,_Merseyside" title="St Helens, Merseyside">St Helens</a> Road heading east. <a href="/wiki/West_Lancashire_College" title="West Lancashire College">West Lancashire College</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Further_education" title="Further education">further education</a> college, used to have a site in the town centre on Hants Lane but its students now have to travel to Skelmersdale.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ormskirk is also home to a public library.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_Advertiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Ormskirk Advertiser">Ormskirk Advertiser</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Reach_plc" title="Reach plc">Reach plc</a> title, is the local newspaper; it shares a website with the <i><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Echo" title="Liverpool Echo">Liverpool Echo</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town was formerly also served by the <i>Champion</i>, which closed in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dune_FM" title="Dune FM">Sandgrounder Radio</a> and Radio Heartbeat broadcast to patients at the <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_District_General_Hospital" title="Ormskirk District General Hospital">Ormskirk District General Hospital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parks_and_open_spaces">Parks and open spaces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Parks and open spaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town has three main parks and a number of other smaller play areas and open spaces. The main parks are:- </p> <ul><li>Victoria Park, named after <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>, is Ormskirk's oldest park, established towards the end of the 19th century. It contains a monument to local heroes of the <a href="/wiki/Boer_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer War">Boer War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located on the triangle of land between Knowsley Road, St Helens Road and Ruff Lane.</li> <li>Coronation Park,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a large park in the town centre on Park Road, which has children's play areas, skateboard area, games area for football and basketball, fitness equipment, duck pond, bowling green, bandstand and wildlife meadow. The Park was established in about 1905 by the former <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_Urban_District" title="Ormskirk Urban District">Ormskirk Urban District</a> to commemorate the coronation of <a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VII" class="mw-redirect" title="King Edward VII">King Edward VII</a>. In 2012 the Ormskirk War Memorial was relocated here from its original site in front of the former Comrades' Club on Southport Road.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ruff Wood,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a countryside park on the edge of the town, on Ruff Lane.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Ormskirk" title="Category:People from Ormskirk">Category:People from Ormskirk</a></i></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Ormskirk" title="Special:EditPage/Ormskirk">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_connections">Other connections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other connections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Harkness" title="Robert Harkness">Robert Harkness</a> (born), Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, Queen's College, Cork.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Pearce_(footballer)" title="Tom Pearce (footballer)">Tom Pearce (footballer)</a> (football player for <a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic" class="mw-redirect" title="Wigan Athletic">Wigan Athletic</a>, born in Ormskirk and went to <a href="/wiki/Ormskirk_School" title="Ormskirk School">Ormskirk School</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Ayre" title="Billy Ayre">Billy Ayre</a> (lived and died), football player and manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Bonner_(footballer)" title="Mark Bonner (footballer)">Mark Bonner</a> (born), footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kieran_Dowell" title="Kieran Dowell">Kieran Dowell</a> (born), footballer at Rangers F.C and England U'20 World Cup Winner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Fletcher" title="Wes Fletcher">Wes Fletcher</a> (born), footballer at <a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brandreth" title="Joseph Brandreth">Joseph Brandreth</a> (born), physician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Critchley" title="Alexander Critchley">Alexander Critchley</a> (born) M.P. for <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Edge_Hill_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Liverpool Edge Hill (UK Parliament constituency)">Liverpool Edge Hill</a> 1935–1945.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Culshaw" title="Jon Culshaw">Jon Culshaw</a> (born), impressionist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickey_Dixon" class="mw-redirect" title="Vickey Dixon">Vickey Dixon</a> (born), hockey player and bronze medal winner at the <a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Drummie" title="Richard Drummie">Richard Drummie</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Ferguson_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Duncan Ferguson (footballer)">Duncan Ferguson</a> (lives), footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Faithfull" title="Marianne Faithfull">Marianne Faithfull</a>, singer<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Goss" title="Alexander Goss">Alexander Goss</a> (1814-1872), was a Roman Catholic Bishop, Bishop of Liverpool<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes_(politician)" title="Helen Hayes (politician)">Helen Hayes</a> (raised), MP for <a href="/wiki/Dulwich_and_West_Norwood_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)">Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)</a> since 2015<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Griffiths" title="Gavin Griffiths">Gavin Griffiths</a> (born) Leicestershire County cricket player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Edward_Heaton" title="William Edward Heaton">William Edward Heaton</a> (born), recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hopwood_Jeans" class="mw-redirect" title="James Hopwood Jeans">James Hopwood Jeans</a> (born), physicist, astronomer and mathematician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Maconie" title="Stuart Maconie">Stuart Maconie</a> (student), TV presenter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_James_Bennett" title="Stephen James Bennett">Stephen James Bennett</a> (born), Academic, musician and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Peck_(academic_administrator)" title="Edward Peck (academic administrator)">Edward Peck (academic administrator)</a>,(school) Vice Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Middlehurst" title="Tom Middlehurst">Tom Middlehurst</a>, former Welsh AM and Education Minister.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Moorcroft_(explorer)" title="William Moorcroft (explorer)">William Moorcroft</a>, veterinary surgeon, horse breeding expert, explorer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Monsarrat" title="Nicholas Monsarrat">Nicholas Monsarrat</a> (lived), novelist, author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cruel_Sea_(novel)" title="The Cruel Sea (novel)">The Cruel Sea</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Morley" title="Tony Morley">Tony Morley</a> (born), England and Aston Villa footballer, European Cup winner in 1982</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_O%27Neill_(footballer_born_1931)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy O'Neill (footballer born 1931)">Jimmy O'Neill</a> (lived), Irish international footballer<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Pattinson" title="Les Pattinson">Les Pattinson</a> (born), former member of <a href="/wiki/Echo_%26_the_Bunnymen" title="Echo & the Bunnymen">Echo & the Bunnymen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Pryce" title="Jonathan Pryce">Jonathan Pryce</a> (student), actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Renshaw_(terrorist)" title="Jack Renshaw (terrorist)">Jack Renshaw</a>, far-right activist and convicted terrorist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rimmer_(athlete)" title="John Rimmer (athlete)">John Rimmer</a> (born), athlete and winner of two gold medals at the <a href="/wiki/1900_Summer_Olympics" title="1900 Summer Olympics">1900 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Slater" title="Robbie Slater">Robbie Slater</a> (born), Australian footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Souch" title="John Souch">John Souch</a> (born), seventeenth-century painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Warnock" title="Stephen Warnock">Stephen Warnock</a> (born), England and Liverpool footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Webster" title="Nicole Webster">Nicole Webster</a> (born), Australian marine scientist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Whitaker" title="Helen Whitaker">Helen Whitaker</a> Girl Guide leader and Commissioner for British Guides Abroad</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_the_Ormesher_Sisters" title="Murder of the Ormesher Sisters">The Ormesher Sisters</a>, Victims of an unsolved double murder in 1956</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Beaconsfield_monument.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Beaconsfield monument on Moor Street"><img alt="The Beaconsfield monument on Moor Street" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Beaconsfield_monument.JPG/90px-Beaconsfield_monument.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Beaconsfield_monument.JPG/135px-Beaconsfield_monument.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Beaconsfield_monument.JPG/180px-Beaconsfield_monument.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Beaconsfield monument on Moor Street</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Buck_i%27th%27_Vine_Inn.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Buck i'th' Vine Inn on Burscough Street"><img alt="The Buck i'th' Vine Inn on Burscough Street" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Buck_i%27th%27_Vine_Inn.JPG/120px-Buck_i%27th%27_Vine_Inn.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Buck_i%27th%27_Vine_Inn.JPG/180px-Buck_i%27th%27_Vine_Inn.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Buck_i%27th%27_Vine_Inn.JPG/240px-Buck_i%27th%27_Vine_Inn.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Buck i'th' Vine Inn on Burscough Street</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nunnerley_memorial.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Memorial to Sergeant-Major Nunnerly in Victoria Gardens"><img alt="Memorial to Sergeant-Major Nunnerly in Victoria Gardens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Nunnerley_memorial.JPG/90px-Nunnerley_memorial.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Nunnerley_memorial.JPG/135px-Nunnerley_memorial.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Nunnerley_memorial.JPG/180px-Nunnerley_memorial.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Memorial to Sergeant-Major Nunnerly in Victoria Gardens</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tower_Hill_Water_Tower,_Ormskirk.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The old water tower on Tower Hill"><img alt="The old water tower on Tower Hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tower_Hill_Water_Tower%2C_Ormskirk.JPG/90px-Tower_Hill_Water_Tower%2C_Ormskirk.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tower_Hill_Water_Tower%2C_Ormskirk.JPG/135px-Tower_Hill_Water_Tower%2C_Ormskirk.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Tower_Hill_Water_Tower%2C_Ormskirk.JPG/180px-Tower_Hill_Water_Tower%2C_Ormskirk.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The old water tower on Tower Hill</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormskirk&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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