Coupe Green Explained

Official Name:Coupe Green
Static Image Name:Old Oak Inn, Coupe Green - geograph.org.uk - 166201.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Old Oak Inn public house, Coupe Green
Country:England
Region:North West England
Os Grid Reference:SD592275
Post Town:PRESTON
Postcode Area:PR
Postcode District:PR5
Dial Code:01254
Coordinates:53.742°N -2.617°W
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Borough of South Ribble
Pushpin Map Caption:Shown within South Ribble

Coupe Green or Coup Green is a village in Lancashire, England. It is located on the A675 between Higher Walton and Hoghton. The village is in the borough of South Ribble and the Ribble Valley parliamentary constituency. The village has a primary school which opened in 1975,[1] one pub ([2]) and a few shops including a hairdresser and a Texaco petrol station.

The village is situated in the Hoghton postal district as Royal Mail does not recognise it as a separate village, this postal district also includes Gregson Lane and Hoghton is often called the village of two halves by residents. Despite this, it is administratively and geographically separate. The village is in the Coupe Green & Gregson Lane ward which elects two councillors, At the May 2023 election, two councillors were elected, one from the Labour party, James Gleeson and one Independent, Matthew Forshaw.[3]

References

https://www.southribble.gov.uk/article/1173/Councillors

Notes and References

  1. http://www.coupe.lancsngfl.ac.uk/ Coupe Green Primary School
  2. https://ourlocal.pub/pubs/the-oak-hoghton/ the Oak
  3. http://www.southribble.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/10/May_2007_Election_Results.pdf South Ribble Borough Council