Howe Bridge
Howe Bridge is a village in Wigan, England. Howe Bridge is situated nearby to the town Atherton, as well as near the village Hag Fold.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Howe Bridge and St John the Baptist’s Church, Atherton.
St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Howe Bridge
Church
Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael and All Angels' Church is in Leigh Road, Howe Bridge, a suburb of Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leigh, the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Atherton
Church
Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist's Church is in Market Place, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Salford, and diocese of Manchester.
Hag Fold railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hag Fold railway station is one of the local stations that lie on the Atherton line, between Wigan and Manchester, England. The station is located 13 miles west of Manchester Victoria with regular Northern Trains services to these towns as well as Salford, Swinton, Walkden and Hindley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Atherton and Leigh.
Atherton
Town
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Atherton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, historically part of Lancashire. It is five miles south of Bolton, seven miles east of Wigan, and 10 miles northwest of Manchester.
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. Leigh is situated 1½ miles south of Howe Bridge.
Bedford
Suburb
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 south of Howe Bridge.
Howe Bridge
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.5178° or 53° 31′ 4″ northLongitude
-2.50652° or 2° 30′ 24″ westElevation
121 feet (37 metres)Open location code
9C5VGF9V+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 30416823OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
13267488
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