Hangman’s Wood
Hangman’s Wood is a forest in Wigan, England. Hangman’s Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Kings Moss, as well as near Crawford.Places of Interest
Highlights include Upholland railway station and Orrell railway station.
Upholland railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upholland railway station serves the small town of Up Holland in the southern Lancashire/Wigan boundary area of England. It is on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan Wallgate and means the service runs through three counties on its journey from Wigan to Kirkby.
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.
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 Skelmersdale and Orrell.
Skelmersdale
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skelmersdale is a town in the West Lancashire 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.
Orrell
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orrell is a suburb of Wigan in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The population of the ward had fallen at the 2011 Census to 11,513.
Up Holland
Village
Photo: Small-town hero, Public domain.
Up Holland is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, 4 miles west of Wigan. The population at the 2011 census was 7,376.
Hangman’s Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.5149° or 53° 30′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.7378° or 2° 44′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C5VG776+XVOpenStreetMap ID
way 35424571OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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