Forton

Summary

Forton is a village^[1]. Forton ranks in the top 0.45% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #231 of 50,837).^[2]

Key Facts

• Forton is located in Wyre^[3].
• Forton is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Forton's image is recorded as The New Holly Inn, Preston Lancaster Road, Forton - geograph.org.uk - 436433.jpg^[5].
• Forton's instance of is recorded as village^[6].
• Forton's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[7].
• Forton's Commons category is recorded as Forton, Lancashire^[8].
• Forton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 8228156^[9].
• Forton's local dialing code is recorded as 01524^[10].
• Forton's OS grid reference is recorded as SD487512^[11].
• Forton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.9549, 'lon': -2.7815}^[12].
• Forton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cnzrgc^[13].
• Forton's GSS code is recorded as E04005326^[14].
• Forton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1483'}^[15].
• Forton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1253'}^[16].
• Forton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1213'}^[17].
• Forton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2649172^[18].
• Forton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7295960^[19].
• Forton's BBC Things ID is recorded as 0f2103ae-def7-45d9-af31-42dac5b72a18^[20].
• Forton's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2596444^[21].
• Forton's OpenDomesday settlement ID is recorded as SD4851/forton^[22].
• Forton's TOID is recorded as 7000000000004973^[23].
• Forton's TOID is recorded as 4000000074561421^[24].
• Forton's Vision of Britain unit ID is recorded as 10351984^[25].
• Forton's Vision of Britain place ID is recorded as 10235^[26].
• Forton's British History Online VCH ID is recorded as lancs/vol8/pp106-108^[27].

Body

Geography

Forton is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Forton is located in Wyre^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+1483'}^[15], {'amount': '+1253'}^[16], and {'amount': '+1213'}^[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include village^[6] and civil parish^[7].

Why It Matters

Forton ranks in the top 0.45% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month, #231 of 50,837).^[2] Forton has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]