Hesketh Bank railway station

Hesketh Bank railway station was on the West Lancashire Railway in England. It served the village of Hesketh Bank. It opened in 1878 and closed in 1964.

Maps showing
Hesketh Bank Station
Old OS Maps (estimated 1925 to 1945)
NPE Maps (1947-48)
Vision of Britain  
Other maps

53.6987°N 2.8394°W / 53.6987; -2.8394

The station was adjacent to a swing bridge over the River Douglas. A short goods line branched from here along the west bank of the river to Tarleton Lock, at the end of the Rufford Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hundred End
towards Southport
  West Lancashire Railway   River Douglas
towards Preston


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