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Astley

Astley is a village in the , , England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is crossed by the and the A580 East Lancashire Road.
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  • Type: Town with 11,300 residents
  • Description: village in Greater Manchester, UK
  • Also known as: “Astley, Greater Manchester”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Stephen’s Church, Astley and Astley Green Colliery Museum.

Church
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St Stephen's Church is a parish church located in Astley, , England. It is an active Anglican church built in 1968, and it is part of the Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford diocese of Manchester.

Museum
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The is a museum run by the Red Rose Steam Society in Astley near in , England. Before becoming a museum, the site was a working colliery that produced coal from 1912 to 1970; it is now protected as a Scheduled Monument.

Building
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is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tyldesley and Boothstown.

Town
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is a market town in the in , England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of , it is north of near the foothills of the , eight miles southeast of and nine miles northwest of .

Village
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is a suburban village in the in , England. forms part of the and Ellenbrook ward, which had a population at the 2011 Census of 9,599.

Suburb
is a suburb of , in the district, in the county of , England. It was one of three ancient townships, , Pennington and Westleigh, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh. Historically, was in . is situated 2 miles west of Astley.

Astley

Latitude
53.501° or 53° 30′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.44969° or 2° 26′ 59″ west
Population
11,300
Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)
Open location code
9C5VGH22+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30416821
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656876
Wiki­data ID
Q4810899
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Astley” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Astley (Manchester Handia)”
  • Basque: “Astley”
  • Catalan: “Astley”
  • Dutch: “Astley, Greater Manchester”
  • French: “Astley”
  • Irish: “Astley”
  • Japanese: “アストリー”
  • Polish: “Astley (Greater Manchester)”
  • Polish: “Astley”
  • Swedish: “Astley, Greater Manchester”
  • Swedish: “Astley”
  • Welsh: “Astley, Manceinion Fwyaf”
  • Welsh: “Astley”

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Localities in the Area

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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 “Astley”. Photo: J3Mrs, CC BY-SA 3.0.