Skelmersdale and Holland was an urban district in

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

from 1968 to 1974. It was created by the merger of

Skelmersdale Skelmersdale is a town in Lancashire, England, on the River Tawd, west of Wigan, northeast of Liverpool and southwest of Preston. In 2006, it had a population of 38,813. The town is known locally as Skem . While the first record of the tow ...

and

Upholland Up Holland (or Upholland) is a village close to Skelmersdale and civil parish in the West Lancashire district, in the county of Lancashire, England, 4 miles west of Wigan. The population at the 2011 census was 7,376. Geography The village is ...

urban districts. In 1974 it was itself merged into the new non-metropolitan district of

West Lancashire West Lancashire is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The council is based in Ormskirk, and the largest town in the borough is Skelmersdale. At the 2011 Census, the population of the borough was 110,68 ...

, under the Local Government Act 1972.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030722/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10136659&c_id=10001043 History of Lancashire Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Urban districts of England Borough of West Lancashire Skelmersdale {{Lancashire-geo-stub