St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
St Joseph's Church is an active Roman Catholic church in, Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. It is in the parish of St Edmund Arrowsmith. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: grade II listed building in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “St Joseph’s Church, Leigh” and “St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Leigh”
- Address: Chapel Street, Leigh, WN7 2PR
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dick Mather Bridge and Mather Lane Mill.
Dick Mather Bridge
Bridge
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dick Mather Bridge is situated 520 feet southwest of St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church.
Mather Lane Mill
Residential building
Leigh Sports Village
Stadium
Photo: Dave Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, the Manchester United Women's senior team, and Manchester United's men's Under-21 and Academy teams. Leigh Sports Village is situated 1 mile west of St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leigh and Bedford.
Leigh
Town
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Bedford
Suburb
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.
Tyldesley
Town
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Tyldesley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is north of Chat Moss near the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, eight miles southeast of Wigan and nine miles northwest of Manchester. Tyldesley is situated 2½ miles northeast of St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church.
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.49422° or 53° 29′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.50906° or 2° 30′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C5VFFVR+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1002169757OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q7593855
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Scots—“St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس يوسف الرومانيه الكاثوليكيه”
- Scots: “St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Leigh”
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