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Q: When is Mill Lane not Mill Lane
A: When it’s Mayfield Road
Confused….. So is everyone else, if you look at the map below you can clearly see Mill Lane and Mayfield Road.

So if you were looking for either number two or four Mayfield Road common sense would suggest you turn into Mayfield Road! Correct?
No if you turn into Mayfield Road you will not find either number 2 or number 4 because numbers 2 and 4 Mayfield Road are actually on Mill Lane (see map below).

Just to further confuse everyone number 2 and 4 Mayfield Road, Up Holland are classed as being in Skelmersdale and yet they have a Wigan postcode. Why? As the village of Up Holland is listed as being under the township of Skelmersdale. Yet the Postcode is WN8 as the postal town is Wigan.
Confused?
Well it gets even worse as there is a Mill Lane in Skelmersdale that is also a WN8 postcode.

Also there is a Mill Lane in the village of Appley Bridge which is a WN6 postcode, it is also only 3 miles away and causes…
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