The Belt
The Belt is a deciduous forest in Wigan, England. The Belt is situated nearby to the suburb Longshaw, as well as near Winstanley.Places of Interest
Highlights include Orrell railway station and Pemberton railway station.
Orrell railway station
Railway station
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orrell railway station serves the Orrell area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is a small two-platform commuter hub on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan.
Pemberton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pemberton railway station serves the Pemberton area of Wigan in Greater Manchester, 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.
Winstanley College
College
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winstanley College is a sixth-form college in the Billinge Higher End area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wigan and Skelmersdale.
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.
Skelmersdale
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skelmersdale is a town in the Western district of Lancashire, England. It sits on the River Tawd, 6 miles west of Wigan, 13 miles north-east of Liverpool and 15 miles south-west of Preston.
Ashton-in-Makerfield
Town
Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ashton-in-Makerfield is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, 4 miles south of Wigan. As of the 2021 census, there was a population of 26,380.
The Belt
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.5198° or 53° 31′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.6961° or 2° 41′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C5VG893+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 35157580OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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