Firs Park

Firs Park is a park in Wigan, England which is located on Firs Lane. Firs Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Plank Lane, as well as near the neighborhood Pennington Wharf.

Opening hours: 24/7
Type: Park
Address: Firs Lane, Leigh, WN7 5BL

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leigh Sports Village and Leigh Town Hall.

Leigh Sports Village

Stadium

Photo: Dave Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leigh Sports Village 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.

Leigh Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: J3Mrs, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Leigh Town Hall is a municipal building in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It stands in Civic Square at the junction with Market Street, facing Leigh parish church. It was built in 1907 and granted grade II listed building status in 1987.

St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh

Church

Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is a member of the Salford & Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigh and Bedford.

Leigh

Town

Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Bedford

Suburb

Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bedford is a suburb of Leigh, in the Wigan district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. It was one of three ancient townships, Bedford, Pennington and Westleigh, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh. Historically, Bedford was in Lancashire. Bedford is situated 1½ miles east of Firs Park.

Lowton

Town

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lowton is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is around 2 miles from Leigh, 7 miles south of Wigan and 12 miles west of Manchester city centre. Lowton is situated 2½ miles southwest of Firs Park.

Firs Park

Category: recreation area
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.50004° or 53° 30′ 0″ north

Longitude

-2.53667° or 2° 32′ 12″ west

Elevation

98 feet (30 metres)

Operator

Wigan Council

Open location code

9C5VGF27+28

OpenStreetMap ID

way 53617303

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

10377645

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