Pennington

Pennington is a village in Wigan, England. Pennington is situated nearby to the hamlet Land Side, as well as near the town Leigh.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leigh Sports Village and Pennington Mill Bridge.

Leigh Sports Village

Stadium

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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.

Pennington Mill Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Christ Church

Church

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Christ Church is an active Anglican parish church in Pennington, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Christ Church serves the parish of Pennington in the Leigh Deanery and Salford Archdeaconry in the Diocese of Manchester. It is a Grade II listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigh and Bedford.

Leigh

Town

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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

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.