Platt Lane/Knowles Place

Platt Lane/Knowles Place is a bus stop in Wigan, England. Platt Lane/Knowles Place is situated nearby to the suburb Scholes, as well as near the park Platt Lane Play Area.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Catharine’s Church, Scholes and St John’s Church, Wigan.

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 970 feet south of Platt Lane/Knowles Place.

St John’s Church, Wigan

Church

Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St John's Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Standishgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is within 200 feet of another Catholic church, St Mary's. Construction on both churches, was done in a spirit of competition, so they both were finished in the same year, 1819. St John’s Church, Wigan is situated 2,500 feet west of Platt Lane/Knowles Place.

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 4,100 feet southwest of Platt Lane/Knowles Place.

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

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Platt Lane/Knowles Place

Type: Bus stop
Category: transportation
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.5489° or 53° 32′ 56″ north

Longitude

-2.61653° or 2° 36′ 60″ west

Network

TfGM

Open location code

9C5VG9XM+H9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 533851480

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Platt Lane Play Area and The Rec.

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