Scholes

Scholes is an urban area in , , . Scholes is immediately to the east of Wigan's town centre; separated from the commercial area by the River Douglas.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: area in Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK
  • Also known as: “Scholes, Greater Manchester” and “Scholes, Wigan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Catharine’s Church, Scholes and Wigan North Western Railway Station.

Church
Photo: S Parish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Catharine's Church is in Lorne Street, Scholes, , , England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool.

Railway station
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
Wigan North Western is one of two railway stations that serve the town centre of , in , England; the other is , 110 yards away.

Church
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John's Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Standishgate, , . It is within 200 feet of another Catholic church, . Construction on both churches, was done in a spirit of competition, so they both were finished in the same year, 1819.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wigan and Ince-in-Makerfield.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is an industrial town in 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.

Suburb
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or Ince is a town in the , in , England. The population of the Ince ward at the 2011 census was 13,486, but a southern part of Ince was also listed under the Abram ward.

Quarter
Photo: Chris55, Public domain.
is an area around the in , , England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous or ironic connotations since it conjures an image of a seaside , whereas Wigan is inland and a traditionally industrial town.

Scholes

Latitude
53.54808° or 53° 32′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.61639° or 2° 36′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C5VG9XM+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30416830
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q7432088
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Satellite Map

Discover Scholes from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Scholes” goes by many names.
  • Swedish: “Scholes, Greater Manchester”
  • Swedish: “Scholes, Wigan”

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