St Mary’s Church, Wigan
St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Standishgate area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1818 and is a Grade II* listed building.Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Church” and “St Mary’s RC Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St John’s Church, Wigan and Royal Oak Hotel.
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 370 feet south of St Mary’s Church, Wigan.
Church of St George
Church
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St George is situated 630 feet south of St Mary’s Church, Wigan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wigan and Scholes.
Wigan
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.
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 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.
St Mary’s Church, Wigan
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.55031° or 53° 33′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.62761° or 2° 37′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C5VH92C+4XOpenStreetMap ID
way 278396619OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q15979434
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In Other Languages
“St Mary’s Church, Wigan” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت مارى”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School and Walmesley Monument In Front Of Church Of St John.
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