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Roby Mill is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. The estimated population is 405.


Geography and Politics

Roby Mill is located in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, and the civil parish of Up Holland, formerly part of the unparished area of Skelmersdale. It is located approximately east of Ormskirk town centre, the administrative centre for West Lancashire, east of Skelmersdale town centre, south of
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city centre, the administrative centre of Lancashire and north-west of London. It falls under
West Lancashire Borough Council West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ...
and
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, both of which are responsible for the administration of various services in the area. It is located in the
Wrightington Wrightington is a civil parish in West Lancashire, England, with an area of 3,915½ acres. The surface is hilly, rising to over 400 ft. at Harrock on the border of Parbold, and then falling to the north, northeast and southeast. On the sou ...
ward of West Lancashire Borough Council, where it is represented by two
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councillors and in the Skelmersdale North ward of Lancashire County Council, where it is represented by one Labour Party councillor. It is in the West Lancashire parliamentary constituency, which has been represented by Labour Party MPs since the 1992 general election, namely
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, Rosie Cooper, and since 2023
Ashley Dalton Ruth Ashley Charman Dalton is a British Labour Party politician and former community worker who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Lancashire since the 2023 West Lancashire by-election, succeeding Rosie Cooper. Early life, educa ...
.


Transport

The B5375 road runs through the village, connecting the town to Appley Bridge approximately to the north, and to Up Holland approximately to the south.
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operates the 311 service which runs through the village, connecting Ormskirk bus station to
Wrightington Hospital Wrightington Hospital is a health facility in Wrightington, Lancashire, England. It is managed by the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. History The facility was built as a private house known as Wrightington Hall, which was co ...
.


Education

The village is served by one Church of England primary school.


References

{{reflist Villages in Lancashire Geography of the Borough of West Lancashire