Woodshaw Ruck

Woodshaw Ruck is a forest in Wigan, England. Woodshaw Ruck is situated nearby to the hamlet Pennington Green, as well as near the village Aspull.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hindley railway station and University of Bolton Stadium.

Hindley railway station

Railway station

Photo: El Pollock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hindley railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Hindley in Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Manchester to Southport line, west of where the route branches to use either the Atherton line or the Eastern Branch line via Westhoughton, Lostock and Bolton.

University of Bolton Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Mark Hammond, CC BY 2.0.

The Toughsheet Community Stadium is a football stadium in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is the home ground of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, with an all-seated capacity of 28,001 Opening in 1997, it was originally named the Reebok Stadium, after club sponsors Reebok.Iyt initially had a capacity of 25.000.

Ince railway station

Railway station

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Ince railway station serves the Ince area of Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. The station is on the Manchester-Southport Line 15 miles north west of Manchester Victoria.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wigan and Hindley.

Wigan

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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.

Hindley

Town

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Hindley is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It is three miles east of Wigan and covers an area of 2,580 acres.

Westhoughton

Town

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bolton is a large town in Greater Manchester in northwest England, 17 miles north of Manchester city centre, with an industrial heritage of canals, coal, cotton and railways.

Woodshaw Ruck

Type: Forest
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.5593° or 53° 33′ 34″ north

Longitude

-2.5863° or 2° 35′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C5VHC57+PF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 38356925

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pennington Green and Aspull.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kirkless Wood and Woodshaw Park.

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