Haigh
Haigh is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is located next to the village of Aspull.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 940 residents
- Description: village and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England
- Also known as: “Haigh, Greater Manchester” and “Haigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St David’s Church and University of Bolton Stadium.
St David’s Church
Church
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St David's Church is in Copperas Lane, Haigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.
University of Bolton Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Mark Hammond, CC BY 2.0.
The Toughsheet Community Stadium is a football stadium in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, with an all-seated capacity of 28,723. University of Bolton Stadium is situated 2½ miles east of Haigh.
Blackrod railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paypwip, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blackrod railway station serves the towns of Blackrod and Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is 6.5 miles north west of Bolton railway station. It is just 1+1⁄4 miles from the town centre of Horwich - closer than Horwich Parkway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scholes and Horwich.
Scholes
Suburb
Scholes is an urban area in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Scholes is immediately to the east of Wigan's town centre; separated from the commercial area by the River Douglas. Scholes is situated 2 miles southwest of Haigh.
Horwich
Town
Photo: Nicholasjf21, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in the North-West of England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre. It celebrates its industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton, and railways. Horwich is situated 2½ miles northeast of Haigh.
Middlebrook
Suburb
Middlebrook is a suburb that spans the boundaries of Horwich and Lostock in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The name Middlebrook is derived from the watercourse the Middle Brook which starts at Red Moss, the mossland south of Horwich. Middlebrook is situated 2½ miles east of Haigh.
Haigh
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Haigh, Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.57611° or 53° 34′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.59538° or 2° 35′ 43″ westPopulation
940Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)Open location code
9C5VHCG3+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 29383056OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2647658Wikidata ID
Q920393
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Haigh” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Haigh (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Haigh”
- Dutch: “Haigh”
- French: “Haigh”
- Irish: “Haigh”
- Japanese: “ヘイグ”
- Ladin: “Haigh”
- Persian: “هیگ، منچستر بزرگ”
- Polish: “Haigh”
- Swedish: “Haigh (distriktshuvudort)”
- Swedish: “Haigh”
- Turkish: “Haigh, Greater Manchester”
- Welsh: “Haigh, Manceinion Fwyaf”
- Welsh: “Haigh”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Haigh & Aspull Parish Church of St. David and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Haigh”. Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.