St Cuthbert's Church, with Halsall war memorial to the right.

Halsall is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, located close to Ormskirk on the A5147 and Leeds and Liverpool Canal. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. West Lancashire is a local government district of Lancashire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Ormskirk is a Market town in West Lancashire, England. It is situated north of Liverpool, and southwest The A5147 is a road in northern England that runs from Maghull in Merseyside to Scarisbrick in Lancashire. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a Canal in the north of England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. The parish has a population of 1,921 and covers an area of 28. 31 square kilometres. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of

In Halsall there is St Cuthbert's Church, which dates from 1250 and is famed as the oldest Parish Church in England (although several reconstructions have taken place), the vicar of which is the Rev. A parish church, in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a Parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches Paul Robinson (also vicar of Lydiate). Lydiate is a village in Sefton, Merseyside, England. It is located to the north of Maghull, with which it has a common There is a junior school, St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School with around 90 pupils from age 4 to 11. The Saracen's Head pub is a large public house on the banks of the canal. There is also a post office, a garage, a financial adviser office and a phone box. A post office is a facility authorized by a Postal system for the posting receipt sorting handling transmission or delivery of Mail. The central feature in the village is the war memorial located in front of the church on what is now a traffic island.

Halsall built up from being a small farming settlement, and, reflecting this background, a lot of the land area of Halsall is sparsely populated with many isolated dwellings. The land area (and postal area) of Halsall extends quite a way towards Ainsdale along Carr Moss Lane, to a point where the border is closer to Ainsdale village center than it is to Halsall. Ainsdale-on-Sea is a Village in Sefton, Merseyside, England, situated three miles south of Southport, of which it is a suburb

The village has two Merseytravel bus stops, served by, among others, the 300 bus route, operated by Arriva and travelling from Liverpool to Southport (and the reverse). The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive ( MPTE, or Merseytravel, as it is branded is the Passenger Transport Executive responsible for the coordination Arriva plc ( is a British -based international public transport operator headquartered in Sunderland. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Southport is a seaside town on the Irish Sea coast situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in England, UK. Halsall had a railway station on the Liverpool, Southport and Preston Junction Railway, which was in service between 1887 and 1938. Halsall railway station was a railway station in the village of Halsall, Lancashire, on the Liverpool Southport and Preston Junction Railway. The Liverpool, Southport & Preston Junction Railway was formed in 1884 and totaled 7 miles

External links

• The Leeds Liverpool Canal in Halsall www. towpathtreks. co. uk