Goshen Playing Field

Goshen Playing Field is a recreation area in Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England. Goshen Playing Field is situated near the sports venue Goshen Sports Centre, as well as near the athletics track Bury Speedway.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Gigg Lane and St Peter’s Church.

Gigg Lane

Stadium

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Gigg Lane is a football ground in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, built for Bury F.C. in 1885. The first match was played on 12 September 1885 between Bury and a team from Wigan. Gigg Lane is situated 2,500 feet northwest of Goshen Playing Field.

St Peter’s Church

Church

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Peter’s Church is situated 1,800 feet west of Goshen Playing Field.

Holy Cross College

College

Holy Cross College is a coeducational Roman Catholic sixth form college in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Originally a single-sex school, it was founded by religious sisters in 1878 and later became Bury Convent Grammar School. Holy Cross College is situated 1 mile northwest of Goshen Playing Field.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bury and Whitefield.

Bury

Photo: jolmartyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bury is a town and borough in Greater Manchester in the northwest of England, ten miles north of central Manchester. It’s a former textile-milling town, with a population in 2024 of 199,000.

Whitefield

Town

Photo: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bury is a town and borough in Greater Manchester in the northwest of England, ten miles north of central Manchester. It’s a former textile-milling town, with a population in 2024 of 199,000. Whitefield is situated 1½ miles south of Goshen Playing Field.

Radcliffe

Town

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Radcliffe is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It lies in the Irwell Valley 7 miles northwest of Manchester and 3 miles southwest of Bury and is contiguous with Whitefield to the south. Radcliffe is situated 2 miles southwest of Goshen Playing Field.

Goshen Playing Field

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.57508° or 53° 34′ 30″ north

Longitude

-2.28756° or 2° 17′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C5VHPG6+2X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 182511370

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Goshen Sports Centre and Bury Speedway.

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