Whelley
Whelley is a suburb in Wigan, England. Whelley is situated nearby to the quarter Bottling Wood, as well as near the suburb Longshoot.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Stephen’s Church, Whelley and St Catharine’s Church, Scholes.
St Stephen’s Church, Whelley
Church
Photo: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Stephen's Church is in Balcarres Avenue, Whelley, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Wigan and West Lancashire, and the diocese of Liverpool.
St Catharine’s Church, Scholes
Church
Photo: S Parish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Catharine's Church is in Lorne Street, Scholes, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool.
St Mary’s Church, Wigan
Church
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Standishgate area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1818 and is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scholes and Wigan.
Scholes
Suburb
Scholes is an urban area in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Scholes is immediately to the east of Wigan's town centre; separated from the commercial area by the River Douglas.
Wigan
Wigan is an industrial town in Greater Manchester in the north of England. It's 17 miles northwest of central Manchester and until 1974 was part of Lancashire. In 2019 the population was 108,000.
Wigan Pier
Quarter
Photo: Chris55, Public domain.
Wigan Pier is an area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous or ironic connotations since it conjures an image of a seaside pleasure pier, whereas Wigan is inland and a traditionally industrial town.
Whelley
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.55336° or 53° 33′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.61483° or 2° 36′ 53″ westElevation
220 feet (67 metres)Open location code
9C5VH93P+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 30416828OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13267581
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