Fir Tree Flash

Fir Tree Flash is a lake in Wigan, England. Fir Tree Flash is situated nearby to the suburb Westleigh, as well as near the hamlet Plank Lane.

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 James & St Elizabeth (Bickershaw Parish Church)

Church

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Abram

Village

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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.

Fir Tree Flash

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.50461° or 53° 30′ 17″ north

Longitude

-2.54351° or 2° 32′ 37″ west

Elevation

92 feet (28 metres)

Open location code

9C5VGF34+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4762721

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

10377651

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Localities in the Area

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