Museum of Wigan Life
The Museum of Wigan Life is a public museum and local history resource centre in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The nineteenth-century listed building is by the noted architect Alfred Waterhouse.Photo: Hindleyite, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: center in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Address: Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1NU
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wigan North Western Railway Station and Wigan Wallgate Railway Station.
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. Wigan North Western Railway Station is situated 750 feet west of Museum of Wigan Life.
Wigan Wallgate Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Whohe!, Public domain.
Wigan Wallgate is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England; the other is Wigan North Western, which is 100 metres away across the street named Wallgate. Wigan Wallgate Railway Station is situated 1,100 feet west of Museum of Wigan Life.
All Saints’ Church, Wigan
Church
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
All Saints' Church in Wallgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, is an Anglican parish church. It is in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and St.Helens, the Diocese of Liverpool. All Saints’ Church, Wigan is situated 970 feet northwest of Museum of Wigan Life.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wigan and Wigan Pier.
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.
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.
Museum of Wigan Life
- Categories: heritage center, art museum, local museum, local authority museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.54404° or 53° 32′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.62971° or 2° 37′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C5VG9VC+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 5050069806OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6941049
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to German—“Museum of Wigan Life” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف ويجان لايف”
- French: “Musée de la vie Wiganois”
- German: “Museum des Wiganer Lebens”
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Highlights include Wigan Life Centre and Wigan Town Hall.
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