Sollom Knowpia

Sollom
Sollom
	View down Liverpool Old Road
	Sollom Location in West Lancashire Sollom Location within Lancashire
Population	5,350 2001 Census (Tarleton Parish)
OS grid reference	SD454187
Civil parish	Tarleton;
District	West Lancashire;
Shire county	Lancashire;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR4
Dialling code	01704; 01772
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	South Ribble;
	List of places UK England Lancashire 53°39′43″N 2°49′30″W / 53.662°N 2.825°W

Sollom is a hamlet in the parish of Tarleton, in Lancashire, England. It lies south of Tarleton and north of Rufford on the A59 road, giving the village good links to Preston, Southport and Liverpool.^[1]

Historically, the village was primarily an agricultural village thanks to the excellent soil, and farms in the area are still in use today.

Governance edit

The village is administered by West Lancashire District Council and Tarleton parish council.^[2]

Transport edit

The A59 road meets with the A565 road at a cross road junction with traffic lights on the border of Sollom and Tarleton. The A59 is the main road that runs through the hamlet. The nearest railway station is at Rufford, which is on the Preston-Ormskirk Branch service. The Rufford branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through Sollom, which has its own lock.

Landmarks edit

A feature of the hamlet is a school now converted into three separate houses. The Bayleaf Restaurant was formerly the Ram's Head public house which was extended to create an American themed restaurant before becoming an Indian Restaurant, the building is of significant age, but remains derelict since the restaurant closed in 2007. The restaurant has now been demolished, and redeveloped into a Aldi store in 2022. In 2008 the land occupied by a derelict petrol garage was re-developed into a modern country style complex of offices which sits on the Sollom corner of the A59 and A565 traffic light junction.

Geography edit

References edit

^ Tarleton Township Boundaries, GenUKI, retrieved 1 December 2010
^ Local Governance, Tarleton Parish Council, archived from the original on 9 March 2012, retrieved 19 March 2011

External links edit

Media related to Sollom at Wikimedia Commons

[Map-1] Tarleton Township Boundaries, GenUKI, retrieved 1 December 2010

[2] Local Governance, Tarleton Parish Council, archived from the original on 9 March 2012, retrieved 19 March 2011

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