The Belt

The Belt is a forest in , . The Belt is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Orrell railway station and Pemberton railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the Orrell area of the , , England. It is a small two-platform commuter hub on the Kirkby branch line from .

Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the area of in , England. It is on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan Wallgate. The station was opened on 20 November 1848 by the Liverpool and Bury Railway.

College
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a sixth-form college in the Billinge Higher End area of the , Greater Manchester.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wigan and Ashton-in-Makerfield.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is an industrial town in 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.

Town
Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a market town in the , , England, 4 miles south of . As of the 2021 census, there was a population of 26,380.

Suburb
Photo: Andy Gibson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of in the , in , England. Historically in , the area had a population of 15,849, reducing at the 2011 census to 11,264.

The Belt

Latitude
53.516° or 53° 30′ 58″ north
Longitude
-2.6858° or 2° 41′ 9″ west
Open location code
9C5VG887+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 35134078
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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