Farington Moss

Downs, Moorland in Lancashire South Ribble

England

Farington Moss

Field off Coote Lane The building to the right is Coote Lane Care Home, shown on older maps as Cook Lane Farm (presumably the name morphed from Cook to Coote some time in the 20th century).
Field off Coote Lane Credit: Stephen Craven

Farington Moss is a small village located in Lancashire, England. Situated to the west of Leyland and approximately 6 miles south of Preston, it is surrounded by picturesque countryside. The village is known for its beautiful landscape, characterized by open downs and moorland.

The area is predominantly rural, with a scattering of residential properties and farmhouses. Farington Moss is famous for its agricultural heritage, and farming remains an important industry in the village. The fertile soil and favorable climate make it an ideal location for cultivating crops, and fields of wheat, barley, and vegetables can be seen throughout the area.

Farington Moss is also renowned for its natural beauty. The downs and moorland provide a haven for wildlife and attract nature enthusiasts. The rolling hills and open spaces offer ample opportunities for walking, cycling, and other outdoor activities. Visitors can enjoy the tranquility and stunning views of the surrounding countryside.

Despite its rural setting, Farington Moss benefits from its proximity to nearby towns and cities. The village is well-connected to major transport links, including the M6 motorway, making it easily accessible for both residents and visitors. Additionally, the nearby town of Leyland offers a range of amenities, including shops, schools, and leisure facilities.

In summary, Farington Moss is a charming village in Lancashire, offering a mix of agricultural heritage, natural beauty, and convenient access to nearby towns. Whether for a peaceful countryside retreat or for exploring the surrounding area, Farington Moss provides a delightful destination for locals and tourists alike.

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Images are sourced within 2km of 53.712089/-2.7169511 or Grid Reference SD5224. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Field off Coote Lane The building to the right is Coote Lane Care Home, shown on older maps as Cook Lane Farm (presumably the name morphed from Cook to Coote some time in the 20th century).
Field off Coote Lane
The building to the right is Coote Lane Care Home, shown on older maps as Cook Lane Farm (presumably the name morphed from Cook to Coote some time in the 20th century).
Leyland Trucks
Leyland Trucks
Old Milestone by Leyland Lane, Leyland Parish Stone post (plate lost) by the UC road (was B5253), in parish of LEYLAND (SOUTH RIBBLE District), Leyland Lane; by No. 13, on grass verge, on East side of road, opposite Hugh Lane. Preston iron plate, erected by the Wigan & Preston (north of Yarrow) turnpike trust in the 19th century. 

Inscription once read:-
(TO)
(PRESTON)
(5)
(MILES) 

Milestone Society National ID: LA_PSWG05.
Old Milestone by Leyland Lane, Leyland Parish
Stone post (plate lost) by the UC road (was B5253), in parish of LEYLAND (SOUTH RIBBLE District), Leyland Lane; by No. 13, on grass verge, on East side of road, opposite Hugh Lane. Preston iron plate, erected by the Wigan & Preston (north of Yarrow) turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription once read:- (TO) (PRESTON) (5) (MILES) Milestone Society National ID: LA_PSWG05.
Leyland Lane, Farington Moss
Leyland Lane, Farington Moss
Farington Moss, Croston Road
Farington Moss, Croston Road
Pond near Singleton's Farm Just off Sod Hall Lane
Pond near Singleton's Farm
Just off Sod Hall Lane
Farington Lodge
Farington Lodge
Farington Lodge
Farington Lodge
Fowler Lane, Farington Fowler Lane used to be quite a busy road, but is now a wonderfully quiet country lane. Through motor traffic was stopped when the bypass was constructed. It is still a through route for pedestrians cyclists and horses who can pass under the bypass road.
Fowler Lane, Farington
Fowler Lane used to be quite a busy road, but is now a wonderfully quiet country lane. Through motor traffic was stopped when the bypass was constructed. It is still a through route for pedestrians cyclists and horses who can pass under the bypass road.
Railway tracks Near Fowler Lane Bridge on the Blackpool line.
Railway tracks
Near Fowler Lane Bridge on the Blackpool line.
Yew Tree Farm On the outskirts of Leyland. Viewed from a train on the West Coast Main Line.
Yew Tree Farm
On the outskirts of Leyland. Viewed from a train on the West Coast Main Line.
Centurion Tank, Farington Moss One of a series of “Welcome to Leyland” gateway monuments celebrating the town’s industrial heritage and originally sited overlooking the junction at Flensburg Way and Penwortham Way, this tank was moved to its present position on a mound 20m back from the current roundabout in 2016 to facilitate road improvements to the A582 (<span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.lep.co.uk/your-lancashire/leyland/landmark-tank-takes-up-new-position-1-7928383" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.lep.co.uk/your-lancashire/leyland/landmark-tank-takes-up-new-position-1-7928383">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>  Lancashire Post).

An information plaque in front of the tank (<a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5711359">SD5224 : Made in Leyland - the Centurion Tank (plaque)</a>) proclaims that “This Centurion tank commemorates the servicemen and women who have served our country. It is a gateway to Leyland and proudly represents the town and the workers who built it" .

The Centurion was developed during World War II as a cruiser tank, with Mark 2 models entering service after the end of the war; over the years, continuous development produced numerous modifications culminating in the Mark 13 design. The Centurion is widely regarded as one of the best British tank designs of all time serving the British Army and many others for over 60 years and seeing action in diverse places such as Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf.

Centurion Tanks were made at the Spurrier Works in Leyland. The “tank factory” was opened on 23 October 1953, during the Korean crisis and is part of Leyland’s famous industrial heritage.
Centurion Tank, Farington Moss
One of a series of “Welcome to Leyland” gateway monuments celebrating the town’s industrial heritage and originally sited overlooking the junction at Flensburg Way and Penwortham Way, this tank was moved to its present position on a mound 20m back from the current roundabout in 2016 to facilitate road improvements to the A582 (LinkExternal link Lancashire Post). An information plaque in front of the tank (SD5224 : Made in Leyland - the Centurion Tank (plaque)) proclaims that “This Centurion tank commemorates the servicemen and women who have served our country. It is a gateway to Leyland and proudly represents the town and the workers who built it" . The Centurion was developed during World War II as a cruiser tank, with Mark 2 models entering service after the end of the war; over the years, continuous development produced numerous modifications culminating in the Mark 13 design. The Centurion is widely regarded as one of the best British tank designs of all time serving the British Army and many others for over 60 years and seeing action in diverse places such as Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf. Centurion Tanks were made at the Spurrier Works in Leyland. The “tank factory” was opened on 23 October 1953, during the Korean crisis and is part of Leyland’s famous industrial heritage.
Made in Leyland - the Centurion Tank (plaque) Information plaque mounted in front of the tank on Farington Moss (<a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5711357">SD5224 : Centurion Tank, Farington Moss</a>).
Made in Leyland - the Centurion Tank (plaque)
Information plaque mounted in front of the tank on Farington Moss (SD5224 : Centurion Tank, Farington Moss).
Made in Leyland - the Centurion Tank One of a series of “Welcome to Leyland” gateway monuments celebrating the town’s industrial heritage and originally sited overlooking the junction at Flensburg Way and Penwortham Way, this tank was moved to its present position on a mound 20m back from the current roundabout in 2016 to facilitate road improvements to the A582 (<span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.lep.co.uk/your-lancashire/leyland/landmark-tank-takes-up-new-position-1-7928383" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.lep.co.uk/your-lancashire/leyland/landmark-tank-takes-up-new-position-1-7928383">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>  Lancashire Post).

An information plaque in front of the tank (<a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5711359">SD5224 : Made in Leyland - the Centurion Tank (plaque)</a>) proclaims that “This Centurion tank commemorates the servicemen and women who have served our country. It is a gateway to Leyland and proudly represents the town and the workers who built it" .

The Centurion was developed during World War II as a cruiser tank, with Mark 2 models entering service after the end of the war; over the years, continuous development produced numerous modifications culminating in the Mark 13 design. The Centurion is widely regarded as one of the best British tank designs of all time serving the British Army and many others for over 60 years and seeing action in diverse places such as Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf.

Centurion Tanks were made at the Spurrier Works in Leyland. The “tank factory” was opened on 23 October 1953, during the Korean crisis and is part of Leyland’s famous industrial heritage.
Made in Leyland - the Centurion Tank
One of a series of “Welcome to Leyland” gateway monuments celebrating the town’s industrial heritage and originally sited overlooking the junction at Flensburg Way and Penwortham Way, this tank was moved to its present position on a mound 20m back from the current roundabout in 2016 to facilitate road improvements to the A582 (LinkExternal link Lancashire Post). An information plaque in front of the tank (SD5224 : Made in Leyland - the Centurion Tank (plaque)) proclaims that “This Centurion tank commemorates the servicemen and women who have served our country. It is a gateway to Leyland and proudly represents the town and the workers who built it" . The Centurion was developed during World War II as a cruiser tank, with Mark 2 models entering service after the end of the war; over the years, continuous development produced numerous modifications culminating in the Mark 13 design. The Centurion is widely regarded as one of the best British tank designs of all time serving the British Army and many others for over 60 years and seeing action in diverse places such as Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf. Centurion Tanks were made at the Spurrier Works in Leyland. The “tank factory” was opened on 23 October 1953, during the Korean crisis and is part of Leyland’s famous industrial heritage.
Centurion Tank, Made in Leyland One of a series of “Welcome to Leyland” gateway monuments celebrating the town’s industrial heritage and originally sited overlooking the junction at Flensburg Way and Penwortham Way, this tank was moved to its present position on a mound 20m back from the current roundabout in 2016 to facilitate road improvements to the A582 (<span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.lep.co.uk/your-lancashire/leyland/landmark-tank-takes-up-new-position-1-7928383" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.lep.co.uk/your-lancashire/leyland/landmark-tank-takes-up-new-position-1-7928383">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>  Lancashire Post).

An information plaque in front of the tank (<a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5711359">SD5224 : Made in Leyland - the Centurion Tank (plaque)</a>) proclaims that “This Centurion tank commemorates the servicemen and women who have served our country. It is a gateway to Leyland and proudly represents the town and the workers who built it" .

The Centurion was developed during World War II as a cruiser tank, with Mark 2 models entering service after the end of the war; over the years, continuous development produced numerous modifications culminating in the Mark 13 design. The Centurion is widely regarded as one of the best British tank designs of all time serving the British Army and many others for over 60 years and seeing action in diverse places such as Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf.

Centurion Tanks were made at the Spurrier Works in Leyland. The “tank factory” was opened on 23 October 1953, during the Korean crisis and is part of Leyland’s famous industrial heritage.
Centurion Tank, Made in Leyland
One of a series of “Welcome to Leyland” gateway monuments celebrating the town’s industrial heritage and originally sited overlooking the junction at Flensburg Way and Penwortham Way, this tank was moved to its present position on a mound 20m back from the current roundabout in 2016 to facilitate road improvements to the A582 (LinkExternal link Lancashire Post). An information plaque in front of the tank (SD5224 : Made in Leyland - the Centurion Tank (plaque)) proclaims that “This Centurion tank commemorates the servicemen and women who have served our country. It is a gateway to Leyland and proudly represents the town and the workers who built it" . The Centurion was developed during World War II as a cruiser tank, with Mark 2 models entering service after the end of the war; over the years, continuous development produced numerous modifications culminating in the Mark 13 design. The Centurion is widely regarded as one of the best British tank designs of all time serving the British Army and many others for over 60 years and seeing action in diverse places such as Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf. Centurion Tanks were made at the Spurrier Works in Leyland. The “tank factory” was opened on 23 October 1953, during the Korean crisis and is part of Leyland’s famous industrial heritage.
B5253 Flensburg Way, Farington Moss
B5253 Flensburg Way, Farington Moss
Flock of birds near Leyland This flat farmland near the coast probably attracts many birds.
Flock of birds near Leyland
This flat farmland near the coast probably attracts many birds.
West Coast Main Line south of Preston Viewed from a train on the Preston-Blackburn line that crosses the main line.
West Coast Main Line south of Preston
Viewed from a train on the Preston-Blackburn line that crosses the main line.
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Farington Moss is located at Grid Ref: SD5224 (Lat: 53.712089, Lng: -2.7169511)

Administrative County: Lancashire

District: South Ribble

Police Authority: Lancashire

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