Abram
Abram is a village and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It lies on flat land on the northeast bank of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 2 miles west of Leigh, 3 miles southeast of Wigan, and 14.5 miles west of Manchester.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 10,100 residents
- Description: village in Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Abram, Greater Manchester”
Photo: S Parish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dover Bridge 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.
Newbridge Learning Community
School
This is a list of schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in the English county of Greater Manchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hindley and Golborne.
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 2 miles northeast of Abram.
Golborne
Town
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Golborne is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies 5 miles south-south-east of Wigan, 6 miles north-east of Warrington and 14 miles to the west of the city of Manchester. Golborne is situated 2½ miles south of Abram.
Bryn
Village
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bryn is a suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The population of the suburb at the 2011 census was 11,662. Bryn is situated 2½ miles west of Abram.
Abram
- Categories: unparished area and locality
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.50867° or 53° 30′ 31″ northLongitude
-2.59524° or 2° 35′ 43″ westPopulation
10,100Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ARZOpen location code
9C5VGC53+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 30416956OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Abram” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Abram (Manchester Handia)”
- Basque: “Abram”
- Bengali: “আব্রাম”
- Cebuano: “Abram”
- Chinese: “阿布拉罕”
- Dutch: “Abram, Greater Manchester”
- French: “Abram”
- German: “Abram”
- Gujarati: “અબ્રામ”
- Irish: “Abram”
- Japanese: “アブラム”
- Kannada: “ಅಬ್ರಾಮ್”
- Korean: “아브람”
- Lithuanian: “Abramas”
- Polish: “Abram (Greater Manchester)”
- Polish: “Abram”
- Portuguese: “Abram”
- Russian: “Абрэм”
- Spanish: “Abram”
- Swedish: “Abram, England”
- Swedish: “Abram”
- Tamil: “அப்ராம்”
- Telugu: “అబ్రం”
- Urdu: “ابرام”
- Welsh: “Abram, Manceinion Fwyaf”
- Welsh: “Abram”
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Notable Places Nearby
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