Bedford
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb in Leigh, Greater Manchester, UK
- Also known as: “Bedford, Greater Manchester”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Butts Bridge and St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church.
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
Church
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Joseph's Church is an active Roman Catholic church in, Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. It is in the parish of St Edmund Arrowsmith. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.
Leigh Hackspace
Hackspace
Leigh Hackspace is a non-profit makerspace located in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It was founded as a UK community interest company in 2015 by a group of local enthusiasts keen to develop the town's digital and creative facilities, and it has since grown into one of the North West's most active and largest hackspaces, at over 4,000 square feet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leigh and Tyldesley.
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.
Tyldesley
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tyldesley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is north of Chat Moss near the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, eight miles southeast of Wigan and nine miles northwest of Manchester. Tyldesley is situated 2 miles northeast of Bedford.
Astley
Town
Photo: J3Mrs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Astley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is crossed by the Bridgewater Canal and the A580 East Lancashire Road. Astley is situated 2 miles east of Bedford.
Bedford
- Category: locality
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.49414° or 53° 29′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.49931° or 2° 29′ 58″ westElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
9C5VFGV2+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 11281793627OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Bedford” goes by many names.
- French: “Bedford (Grand Manchester)”
- French: “Bedford”
- Polish: “Bedford (Greater Manchester)”
- Polish: “Bedford”
- Swedish: “Bedford, Greater Manchester”
- Swedish: “Bedford”
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