Skelmersdale

Summary

Skelmersdale is a town^[1]. Skelmersdale ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Skelmersdale is located in West Lancashire^[3].
• Skelmersdale is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Skelmersdale's image is recorded as The Concourse, Skelmersdale.JPG^[5].
• Skelmersdale's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Skelmersdale's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[7].
• Skelmersdale's instance of is recorded as new town (UK)^[8].
• Skelmersdale's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124448514^[9].
• Skelmersdale's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88278919^[10].
• Skelmersdale's postal code is recorded as WN8^[11].
• Skelmersdale's Commons category is recorded as Skelmersdale^[12].
• Skelmersdale's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[13].
• Skelmersdale's local dialing code is recorded as 01695^[14].
• Skelmersdale's OS grid reference is recorded as SD487062^[15].
• Skelmersdale's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.5495, 'lon': -2.7712}^[16].
• Skelmersdale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036db0^[17].
• Skelmersdale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Skelmersdale^[18].
• Skelmersdale's page banner is recorded as Skelmersdale page banner.JPG^[19].
• Skelmersdale's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 643b3f03-fca5-4558-ba52-6c863b3f996b^[20].
• Skelmersdale's population is recorded as {'amount': '+38813'}^[21].
• Skelmersdale's WOEID is recorded as 34901^[22].
• Skelmersdale's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Skelmersdale^[23].
• Skelmersdale's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2637752^[24].
• Skelmersdale's BBC Things ID is recorded as 94279fe9-f411-499c-a338-3196af85315b^[25].
• Skelmersdale's UN/LOCODE is recorded as GBSKD^[26].
• Skelmersdale's FAST ID is recorded as 1249960^[27].

Body

Geography

Skelmersdale is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Skelmersdale is located in West Lancashire^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Skelmersdale's population is recorded as {'amount': '+38813'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6], unparished area^[7], and new town (UK)^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Skelmersdale include Skelmersdale United F.C.^[28], an association football club^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 1882^[31].

Why It Matters

Skelmersdale ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).^[2] Skelmersdale has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32]

Entities named for Skelmersdale include Skelmersdale United F.C.^[28], an association football club^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 1882^[31].