Wigan
The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest town, Wigan, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Atherton, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Golborne, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Leigh and Tyldesley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: metropolitan borough with 323,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England
- Also known as: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HM Prison Hindley and The Progress With Unity Stadium.
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.
The Progress With Unity Stadium
Stadium
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The Progress With Unity Stadium is a multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, the Manchester United Women's senior team, and Manchester United's men's Under-21 and Academy teams. The Progress With Unity Stadium is situated 2½ miles east of Wigan.
Pennington Flash Country Park
Park
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Pennington Flash Country Park is a 200-hectare country park located between Lowton and Leigh in Greater Manchester, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newton-le-Willows and Wigan.
Newton-le-Willows
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Newton-le-Willows is a town in Merseyside, England. It is famous for industry, from biscuits to railway locomotives to tanks, made in the Vulcan Foundry.
Wigan
Wigan is an industrial town in Greater Manchester in the north of England. It's 17 miles northwest of central Manchester and until 1974 was part of Lancashire. In 2019 the population was 108,000.
Leigh
Town
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Leigh is a town in the Wigan district, in Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. It is situated approximately 6 miles southeast of Wigan and 11 miles west of Manchester city centre. Leigh is situated 2½ miles east of Wigan.
Wigan
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Yue Chinese—“Wigan” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Distrig Wigan”
- Bulgarian: “Уигън”
- Cebuano: “Borough of Wigan”
- Chinese: “Wigan”
- Chinese: “威根都市自治市”
- Chinese: “威根都會郡”
- Chinese: “維根都市自治市”
- Chinese: “維根都會郡”
- Chinese: “韋根都市自治市”
- Chinese: “韋根都會郡”
- Dutch: “Wigan”
- French: “district métropolitain de Wigan”
- French: “District métropolitain de Wigan”
- French: “Wigan”
- German: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
- German: “Wigan”
- Greek: “Μητροπολιτικός Δήμος του Γουίγκαν”
- Irish: “Wigan”
- Italian: “Borgo metropolitano di Wigan”
- Italian: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
- Italian: “Wigan”
- Japanese: “メトロポリタン・バラ・オブ・ウィガン”
- Korean: “위건 도시 자치구”
- Latvian: “Vigana (boro)”
- Latvian: “Vigana”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wigan (koān)”
- Northern Frisian: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wigan”
- Norwegian: “Wigan”
- Persian: “کلانشهر مستقل ویگان”
- Polish: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
- Portuguese: “Distrito metropolitano de Wigan”
- Russian: “Уиган”
- Scots: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
- Scots: “Wigan”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wigan”
- Slovenian: “Wigan”
- Spanish: “Wigan”
- Swedish: “Metropolitan Borough of Wigan”
- Swedish: “Wigan”
- Turkish: “Wigan Metropoliten Borough”
- Urdu: “میٹروپولیٹن بورو ویگان”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeisdref Fetropolitan Wigan”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan Wigan”
- Yue Chinese: “韋根都市自治市”
- “Wigan”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Firs Park and Newton Le Willows.
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