Wrightington
Wrightington is a civil parish in West Lancashire, England, with an area of 3,915½ acres. The surface is hilly, rising to over 400 ft. at Harrock on the border of Parbold, and then falling to the north, northeast and southeast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 2,890 residents
- Description: hamlet and civil parish in West Lancashire, England
- Also known as: “Wrightington (civil parish), Lancashire” and “Wrightington, Lancashire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St James the Great Church, Wrightington and Wrightington Hospital.
St James the Great Church, Wrightington
Church
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St James the Great Church is in Church Lane, to the west of Wrightington in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
Wrightington Hospital
Hospital
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Wrightington Hospital is a health facility in Wrightington, Lancashire, England. It is managed by the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.
Appley Bridge railway station
Railway station
Appley Bridge railway station serves the villages of Appley Bridge and Shevington, both in Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester in England. Appley Bridge railway station is situated 2 miles south of Wrightington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andertons Mill and Bispham Green.
Andertons Mill
Village
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Hilldale is a civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England, containing the village of Hill Dale and the neighbouring hamlet of Andertons Mill.
Bispham Green
Village
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Bispham Green is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It is 1 mile south of Mawdesley and less than 1 mile north of Parbold. Bispham Green is situated 2½ miles west of Wrightington.
Coppull
Village
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Coppull is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is part of the Borough of Chorley, lies around 300 feet above sea level. Its population is around 8,000, having been counted at 8,300 in the 2021Census. Coppull is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wrightington.
Wrightington
- Categories: civil parish and hamlet
- Location: Wrightington, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Wrightington” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “রাইটিংটং”
- Cebuano: “Wrightington”
- Chinese: “莱汀顿”
- Chinese: “萊汀頓”
- Dutch: “Wrightington”
- French: “Wrightington”
- German: “Wrightington”
- Gujarati: “વ્રિઘટિંગટન”
- Irish: “Wrightington”
- Japanese: “ライティントン”
- Kannada: “ರೈಟ್ಟನ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “라이팅턴”
- Ladin: “Wrightington”
- Lithuanian: “Vraitingtonas”
- Polish: “Wrightington”
- Portuguese: “Wrightington”
- Russian: “Райтингтон”
- Spanish: “Wrightington”
- Swedish: “Wrightington”
- Tamil: “வ்ரைட்டிங்டன்”
- Telugu: “రైటింగ్టన్”
- Turkish: “Wrightington”
- Urdu: “وریگھتینجٹن”
- Welsh: “Wrightington”
- “Wrightington”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Harrock Hill and Parbold railway station.
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