[1] The village is bounded to the north east by the River Douglas, and to the south is the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

[2] St Cyprian's Mission Church, built in 1767, is located on Hoscar Moss Road and is open for services.

[3] There is also a former Wesleyan Methodist chapel, founded before 1892[4] that is now a private house, also located on Hoscar Moss Road.

These include; turf cultivation, arable crops and grazing for both cattle and sheep.

The station once boasted a goods yard which was used by local farmers to get their crops to the markets of Wigan, Manchester and Southport quickly.