Wingates
Wingates is a small settlement located in the town of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The name is believed to mean 'a gate for the wind', and it seems likely as this is in an exposed position above Westhoughton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St. John the Evangelist and Westhoughton railway station.
Westhoughton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westhoughton railway station is one of the two stations which serve the town of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, north-western England. The station is 15+1⁄2 miles north west of Manchester Piccadilly.
Westhoughton Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westhoughton Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall is the meeting place of Westhoughton Town Council.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westhoughton and Middlebrook.
Westhoughton
Town
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in the North-West of England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre. It celebrates its industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton, and railways.
Middlebrook
Suburb
Middlebrook is a suburb that spans the boundaries of Horwich and Lostock in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The name Middlebrook is derived from the watercourse the Middle Brook which starts at Red Moss, the mossland south of Horwich.
Horwich
Town
Photo: Nicholasjf21, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in the North-West of England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre. It celebrates its industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton, and railways. Horwich is situated 2½ miles north of Wingates.
Wingates
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
- Category: locality
- Location: Westhoughton, Bolton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.56179° or 53° 33′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.52545° or 2° 31′ 32″ westElevation
397 feet (121 metres)Open location code
9C5VHF6F+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 30138860OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Wingates” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wingates”
- French: “Wingates”
- Polish: “Wingates”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wingates”. Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.