Golden Balls
Golden Balls is a work of art in Wigan, England. Golden Balls is situated nearby to Gordon Street Community Garden, as well as near Hardybutts Post Office.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Catharine’s Church, Scholes and Ince railway station.
St Catharine’s Church, Scholes
Church
Photo: S Parish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Catharine's Church is in Lorne Street, Scholes, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool. St Catharine’s Church, Scholes is situated 720 feet northwest of Golden Balls.
Ince railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ince railway station serves the Ince area of Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. The station is on the Manchester-Southport Line 17¼ miles north west of Manchester Victoria. Ince railway station is situated 2,000 feet south of Golden Balls.
Rose Bridge
Bridge
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rose Bridge is situated 1,400 feet east of Golden Balls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scholes and Wigan.
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
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.
Wigan Pier
Quarter
Photo: Chris55, Public domain.
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.
Golden Balls
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Category: tourism
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.54449° or 53° 32′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.61527° or 2° 36′ 55″ westHeight
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C5VG9VM+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 13360287194OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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