St Peter’s Church, Westleigh, Greater Manchester
St Peter's Church is in Firs Lane, Westleigh, a district of Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leigh, the archdeaconry of Salford, and the diocese of Manchester.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “St Peter’s” and “St Peter’s Church, Westleigh”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leigh Sports Village and Pennington Flash Country Park.
Leigh Sports Village
Stadium
Photo: Dave Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, the Manchester United Women's senior team, and Manchester United's men's Under-21 and Academy teams. Leigh Sports Village is situated 3,600 feet southeast of St Peter’s Church, Westleigh, Greater Manchester.
Pennington Flash Country Park
Park
Photo: Ronald Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pennington Flash Country Park is a 200-hectare country park located between Lowton and Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. Pennington Flash Country Park is situated 4,100 feet southwest of St Peter’s Church, Westleigh, Greater Manchester.
St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh
Church
Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is a member of the Salford & Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester. St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh is situated 3,900 feet east of St Peter’s Church, Westleigh, Greater Manchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leigh and Bedford.
Leigh
Town
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigh is a town in the Wigan district, in Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. It is situated approximately 6 miles southeast of Wigan and 11 miles west of Manchester city centre.
Bedford
Suburb
Bedford is a suburb of Leigh, in the Wigan district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. It was one of three ancient townships, Bedford, Pennington and Westleigh, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh. Historically, Bedford was in Lancashire. Bedford is situated 1½ miles east of St Peter’s Church, Westleigh, Greater Manchester.
Atherton
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Atherton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, historically part of Lancashire. It is five miles south of Bolton, seven miles east of Wigan, and 10 miles northwest of Manchester. Atherton is situated 2½ miles northeast of St Peter’s Church, Westleigh, Greater Manchester.
St Peter’s Church, Westleigh, Greater Manchester
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.49844° or 53° 29′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.53765° or 2° 32′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C5VFFX6+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 421480226OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7595302
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