Market Place/The Avenue

Market Place/The Avenue is a bus stop in Wigan, England. Market Place/The Avenue is situated nearby to St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh, as well as near St Marys.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh and Leigh Town Hall.

St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh

Church

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The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is a member of the Salford & Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester.

Leigh Town Hall

Town hall

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Leigh Town Hall is a municipal building in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It stands in Civic Square at the junction with Market Street, facing Leigh parish church. It was built in 1907 and granted grade II listed building status in 1987. Leigh Town Hall is situated 400 feet south of Market Place/The Avenue.

Leigh bus station

Bus station

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Leigh is a town in the Wigan district, in Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. It is situated approximately 6 miles southeast of Wigan and 11 miles west of Manchester city centre. Leigh bus station is situated 1,000 feet south of Market Place/The Avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigh and Bedford.

Leigh

Town

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Bedford

Suburb

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Bedford is a suburb of Leigh, in the Wigan district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. It was one of three ancient townships, Bedford, Pennington and Westleigh, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh. Historically, Bedford was in Lancashire.