Gigg Lane
Gigg Lane is a football ground in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, built for Bury F.C. in 1885. The first match was played on 12 September 1885 between Bury and a team from Wigan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stadium
- Description: football stadium
- Also known as: “Energy Check Stadium”, “JD Stadium”, and “The JD Stadium”
- Address: Gigg Lane, Bury, BL9 9HR
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holy Cross College and St Peter’s Church.
Holy Cross College
College
Holy Cross College is a coeducational Roman Catholic sixth form college in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Originally a single-sex school, it was founded by religious sisters in 1878 and later became Bury Convent Grammar School. Holy Cross College is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Gigg Lane.
St Peter’s Church
Church
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter’s Church is situated 1,400 feet south of Gigg Lane.
Fusilier Museum
Museum
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Fusilier Museum is a museum in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Its collection includes the uniforms, medal and artefacts of the Lancashire Fusiliers. Fusilier Museum is situated 1 mile north of Gigg Lane.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bury and Whitefield.
Bury
Photo: jolmartyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bury is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England, ten miles north of central Manchester. Bury is a former mill town known for manufacturing textiles.
Whitefield
Town
Photo: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bury is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England, ten miles north of central Manchester. Bury is a former mill town known for manufacturing textiles. Whitefield is situated 2 miles south of Gigg Lane.
Radcliffe
Town
Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Radcliffe is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It lies in the Irwell Valley 7 miles northwest of Manchester and 3 miles southwest of Bury and is contiguous with Whitefield to the south. Radcliffe is situated 2 miles southwest of Gigg Lane.
Gigg Lane
Latitude
53.5805° or 53° 34′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.29492° or 2° 17′ 42″ westElevation
272 feet (83 metres)Inception
1885Operator
Bury Football ClubOpen location code
9C5VHPJ4+52OpenStreetMap ID
way 4946900OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=stadium
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Gigg Lane” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غيغ لين”
- Bosnian: “Gigg Lane”
- Chinese: “吉格巷球场”
- Chinese: “吉格巷球場”
- Chinese: “吉格徑球場”
- Chinese: “吉格里球場”
- Chinese: “客”
- Croatian: “Gigg Lane”
- Danish: “Gigg Lane”
- Dutch: “Gigg Lane”
- French: “Gigg Lane”
- German: “Gigg Lane”
- Greek: “Γκίγκ Λέιν”
- Italian: “Gigg Lane”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gigg Lane”
- Norwegian: “Gigg Lane”
- Persian: “ورزشگاه گیگ لین”
- Polish: “Gigg Lane”
- Russian: “Гигг Лейн”
- Russian: “Гигг Лэйн”
- South Azerbaijani: “قیق لین ایستادیومو”
- Spanish: “Gigg Lane”
- Spanish: “The JD Stadium”
- Swedish: “Gigg Lane”
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