Wigan Pier
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.Photo: Chris55, Public domain.
Photo: Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Trencherfield Mill and Brick Community Stadium.
Trencherfield Mill
Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trencherfield Mill is a cotton spinning mill standing next to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It was built in 1907.
Brick Community Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Brick Community Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Robin Park in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is used by Wigan Warriors rugby league club and Wigan Athletic football club.
Wigan North Western Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
Wigan North Western is one of two railway stations that serve the town centre of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England; the other is Wigan Wallgate, 110 yards away.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wigan and Worsley Mesnes.
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.
Worsley Mesnes
Suburb
Worsley Mesnes is a suburb of Wigan in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The ward population at the 2011 census was 11,974.
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 Pier
- Type: Quarter
- Description: area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
- Category: locality
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.54202° or 53° 32′ 31″ northLongitude
-2.63951° or 2° 38′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C5VG9R6+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 11209207579OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q7999545
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