Plank Lane

Plank Lane is a hamlet in Wigan, England. Plank Lane is situated nearby to the neighborhood Pennington Wharf, as well as near the hamlet Bickershaw.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plank Lane Lift Bridge and Leigh Sports Village.

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 Flash Country Park

Park

Photo: Ronald Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pennington Flash Country Park is a 200-hectare country park located between Lowton and Leigh in Greater Manchester, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigh and Lowton.

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 east of Plank Lane.

Lowton

Town

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lowton is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is around 2 miles from Leigh, 7 miles south of Wigan and 12 miles west of Manchester city centre. Lowton is situated 1½ miles south of Plank Lane.

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. Abram is situated 2 miles northwest of Plank Lane.

Plank Lane

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.49539° or 53° 29′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.55485° or 2° 33′ 18″ west

Elevation

75 feet (23 metres)

Open location code

9C5VFCWW+53

OpenStreetMap ID

node 30431729

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13268380

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