Latest News
- Outstanding Feature Winner
The Parish Council is pleased to announce that
The Children’s Play Area at Jubilee Fields
has won an “Outstanding Feature” award in Lancashire’s Best Kept Village Competition.
The Chairman would like to thank all the employees, contractors, councillors and volunteers who work hard to keep our park looking its best.
- Kit Newsletter Summer 2025
- Newsletter Editor Required
The latest edition of the KIT Newsletter, Summer 2025 is below.
Downholland Parish Council are seeking a volunteer to produce this newsletter.
The newsletter is produced 3 times a year and the role involves collecting content from the regular contributors, compiling it into an 8 to 10 page newsletter and uploading it to the printers’ website after which it will be delivered to the Parish Council for distribution.
The Parish Council pay for all printing costs and the task usually takes 3 or 4 hours, 3 times a year.
If you’d like to help out please come to our next Parish Council meeting (3rd Tuesday of each month) or contact us
About Downholland
The Civil Parish of Downholland lies in the southwestern corner of West Lancashire, it includes the village of Haskayne and the settlements of Barton and Downholland Cross as well as scattered farmhouses and cottages.
Haskayne contains a beautiful park next to the canal, featuring a BMX track, football pitch and lots of play equipment. Winner of “Best Park in Lancashire” – Lancashire Best Kept Village 2019/2020.
There is a thriving village school, three public houses,a village hall hosting a number of community activities and we have an active Community Association and Residents Association.
Click to view our latest documents
including Agendas & Minutes
Downholland has a total area of 12 square miles most of which is prime agricultural land. The nearest towns are Southport, seven miles to the west and Ormskirk five miles to the east. Liverpool is about 12 miles away. The population of about 1000 is employed in the surrounding towns and cities or on the land. The Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through the parish.