Bedford Moss
Bedford Moss is a forest in Wigan, England. Bedford Moss is situated nearby to the village Glazebury, as well as near the hamlet Lower Green.Places of Interest
Highlights include Astley Green Colliery Museum and Glazebury Methodist Church.
Astley Green Colliery Museum
Museum
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Astley Green Colliery Museum is a heritage museum in Astley near Tyldesley in Greater Manchester, England, operated by the Red Rose Steam Society. The site was originally a working colliery that produced coal from 1912 until its closure in 1970 and is now protected as a Scheduled Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leigh and Irlam.
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.
Irlam
Town
Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Irlam is a suburb in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, it had a population of 19,933. It lies on flat ground on the south side of the M62 motorway and the north bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, 6.7 miles southwest of Salford, 7.6 miles southwest of Manchester and 8.3 miles northeast of Warrington.
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.
Bedford Moss
- Type: Forest
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.4737° or 53° 28′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.4657° or 2° 27′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C5VFGFM+FPOpenStreetMap ID
way 244059956OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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