Chair Wood

Chair Wood is a forest in , . Chair Wood is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Orrell railway station and Winstanley College.

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 .

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

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.

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: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area of , in , England. It lies on the southwestern bank of the River Douglas, and east of the M6 motorway. The area is contiguous with Orrell and as a ward has a population of 13,638, increasing to 13,982 at the 2011 Census.

Chair Wood

Latitude
53.5108° or 53° 30′ 39″ north
Longitude
-2.6964° or 2° 41′ 47″ west
Open location code
9C5VG863+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 35160291
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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