The Stork Hotel is ideally located on the A571 giving easy access to all the North-West motorways from the near-by M6, M56, M60, and M58. Wigan centre featuring Wigan Pier, Super League Rugby and Premiership football is only 4 miles away or 10 minutes by bus. St Helens is equal distance, again featuring World class visitor attractions such as the World of Glass museum and St Helens Super League Rugby. Liverpool and Manchester are both within 30 minutes with their airports and big city attractions. The area all around the Stork is a mecca for walkers and hikers set high on the hills of Billinge in the beautiful South Lancashire countryside.
Old foundations in the base of the pub deep in the cellars show the remains of the old toll tower which sited at the top of the two steep approaches gave income to the road builders of the eleventh century. Becoming a farm with numerous outbuildings and reputed to be a regular hiding place for highwaymen one of fame being John Lydon.