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Because of its close proximity to the university campus many students from Lancaster University choose to rent houses in the village, in spite of relatively few bus services. The A6 Preston to Lancaster road runs north-south through the centre of the village, and junction 33a of the M6 is nearby. A major railway from Preston to Lancaster passes nearby but there is not a station until Lancaster. The Lancaster Canal also runs through the village and has a marina for narrowboats. Galgate also features a spa store, which is the gathering point for the villages large chav population that stands at around 60. These usually poorly educated teenagers account to around 60% of crime in the area and have been known to steal wing mirrors and steal items from the local post office and spa store. Police presence in the area is low but it has been raised in recent months as the council attempts to battle the yob culture. Lancaster University (originally created as the University of Lancaster) is a collegiate campus university in Lancaster, UK. The University has a good academic reputation, doing well in national league tables. ... This article is about the A6 road in England. ... Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ... A view of Lancaster showing the Lune, the Millennium Bridge and the Ashton Memorial Lancaster (2001 census population 45,952: source ONS) is a city in Lancashire, in the north-west of England, UK. It is a commercial, cultural and educational centre. ... The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in England. ... Lancaster Canal - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For other uses of this word, see Marina (disambiguation). ... A narrowboat is a boat or small barge used on narrow beam canals in Britain. ... The term spa is traditionally used to mean a place where water that is believed to have special health-giving properties occurs. ... Look up chav and charva in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ... The term spa is traditionally used to mean a place where water that is believed to have special health-giving properties occurs. ... Look up yob on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In July 2002 ten-year-old Jade Slack, who was staying in a house in the village, tragically died of a drug overdose. She became the UK's youngest ecstasy victim after having accidentally taken five of the tablets.