Bickershaw
Bickershaw is a village, effectively a suburb of Abram, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, Bickershaw is 3 miles south-southeast of Wigan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: S Parish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 826 residents
- Description: village in Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bickershaw, Wigan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St James & St Elizabeth (Bickershaw Parish Church) and HM Prison Hindley.
HM Prison Hindley
Prison
HM Prison Hindley is an adult male prison located in the village of Bickershaw in Greater Manchester, England and operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
West Leigh and Bedford railway station
Historic site
The West Leigh and Bedford railway station served the hamlet of Crankwood, the village of Abram, and the Plank Lane area of Leigh, England. Like many railways, the line passed between rather than through communities, with branches off to serve the key driver - goods, and in this area - coal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hindley and Leigh.
Hindley
Town
Photo: Jhamez84, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hindley is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It is three miles east of Wigan and covers an area of 2,580 acres. Hindley is situated 1½ miles north of Bickershaw.
Leigh
Town
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigh is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Leigh was originally the centre of a large ecclesiastical parish covering six vills or townships. Leigh is situated 2 miles southeast of Bickershaw.
Bedford
Suburb
Bedford is a suburb of Leigh, in the Wigan district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. It was one of three ancient townships, Bedford, Pennington and Westleigh, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh. Historically, Bedford was in Lancashire. Bedford is situated 3 miles southeast of Bickershaw.
Bickershaw
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.51087° or 53° 30′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.5628° or 2° 33′ 46″ westPopulation
826Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C5VGC6P+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 30416958OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2655726Wikidata ID
Q3437149
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Bickershaw” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bickershaw”
- French: “Bickershaw”
- Irish: “Bickershaw”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bickershaw”
- Norwegian: “Bickershaw”
- Polish: “Bickershaw”
- Spanish: “Bickershaw”
- Swedish: “Bickershaw”
- Welsh: “Bickershaw”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hindley Green and Plank Lane.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fan Lodge Lake and Bickershaw Post Office.
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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 “Bickershaw”. Photo: S Parish, CC BY-SA 2.0.