Forton, Lancashire

Forton
The New Holly public house, Forton
Forton Shown within Wyre Borough Show map of the Borough of Wyre Forton Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Population	1,213 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD487512
Civil parish	Forton
District	Wyre
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR3
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Lancaster and Fleetwood
List of places UK England Lancashire 53°57′14″N 2°46′52″W / 53.954°N 2.781°W / 53.954; -2.781

Forton is a village and civil parish in the Wyre district of the English county of Lancashire near the Forest of Bowland. It is near the A6 road, between the city of Lancaster and the town of Garstang. Its population as measured at the 2011 census is 1,213.^[1] It has one school, Forton Primary School, several churches and one pub, the New Holly.^[2]

Lancaster (Forton) services is a motorway service station near Forton, between junctions 32 and 33 of the M6 motorway in England. The nearest city is Lancaster, about seven miles (11 km) to the north. The station is operated by Moto.

• Tom Boardman, British auto racing driver

For transport there is the A6 road and the M6 motorway which has Lancaster (Forton) services on it.

Nearby settlements include the city of Lancaster, the town of Garstang, the village of Hollins Lane and the hamlets of Potters Brook and Shireshead.

Nearby waters include the Lancaster Canal, the River Wyre and Clevelymere.

• Listed buildings in Forton, Lancashire

• http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Forton/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100328105418/http://www.shireshead-forton.co.uk/village.htm#The%20famous%20mushroom

Media related to Forton, Lancashire at Wikimedia Commons

• https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10235