High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ormskirk is a market town in West Lancashire, England. It is situated 13 miles (20.9 km) north of Liverpool, 10.7 miles (17.2 km) northwest of St Helens, 8.6 miles (13.8 km) southeast of Southport and 15 miles (24.1 km) southwest of Preston. Ormskirk lies on sloping ground on the side of a ridge, whose highest point is 68 metres (223 ft) above sea-level, at the centre of the West Lancashire Plain, and has been described as a "planned borough", laid out in the thirteenth century.
