Official Name: | Eagland Hill |
Population: | 272 |
Population Ref: | [1] (2001) |
Country: | England |
Os Grid Reference: | SD429452 |
Coordinates: | 53.9°N -2.868°W |
Civil Parish: | Pilling |
Shire District: | Wyre |
Shire County: | Lancashire |
Region: | North West England |
Post Town: | PRESTON |
Postcode Area: | PR |
Postcode District: | PR3 |
Dial Code: | 01253 |
Constituency Westminster: | Lancaster and Fleetwood |
Static Image Name: | Farmland near Birk's Farm - geograph.org.uk - 220763.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Farmland near Birk's Farm |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Borough of Wyre#United Kingdom The Fylde |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Wyre Borough##Shown on the Fylde |
Eagland Hill is a rural hamlet in the civil parish of Pilling, in the county of Lancashire, England. It lies in a part of the Fylde, west of Garstang, known locally as Over Wyre. The church, dedicated to St Mark, dates from 1870. The area attracts many bird-watchers, due to the number of rare birds.
The church's foundation stone was laid, on 13 August 1869, by co-founder James Jenkinson and the church was opened on St Mark's Day, 20 April, the following year. Jenkinson's cottage was the first house to be built in the village, in 1814, and the church altar is located where the cottage fireplace once stood. The church does not have a graveyard.[2]
Next to the church is the church hall which still has, in use, a Victorian letter-box.[3]
Just under west of the hamlet is Brook Farm Airfield. Its two grass runways are 07/25,, and 09/27, .[4] It is located southwest of Tarn Farm Airfield (Rossall Airfield) (GB-0440) in Cockerham and northwest of St Michael's Airfield (GB-0398).