Worthington

Worthington is a civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England, located about four miles north of Wigan. The parish is very sparsely populated, with a population of 135 at the 2001 census, and it does not have an active parish council or parish meeting.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Wilfrid’s Church, Standish and Adlington railway station.

St Wilfrid’s Church, Standish

Church

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The Church of St Wilfrid is in Market Place, Standish, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn.

Adlington railway station

Railway station

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Adlington railway station serves the town of Adlington in Lancashire, England. It is a two-platform station on the Bolton - Chorley - Preston line, forming part of the Northern service link between Preston and Manchester via Bolton and Chorley.

Coppull Parish Church

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wigan and Chorley.

Wigan

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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.

Chorley

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Chorley is a town in Lancashire, England, in the West Pennine Moors. Chorley describes itself as "Lancashire's Market Town". The markets take place most days, and continue to attract shoppers from around the local area.

Standish

Village

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Standish is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is on the A49 road between Chorley and Wigan, near Junction 27 of the M6 motorway.

Worthington

Type: Locality
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.5994° or 53° 35′ 58″ north

Longitude

-2.6419° or 2° 38′ 31″ west

Elevation

243 feet (74 metres)

Open location code

9C5VH9X5+Q7

GeoNames ID

7292762

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