The Rec

The Rec is a recreation area in Wigan, England. The Rec is situated nearby to the suburb Scholes, as well as near the park Platt Lane Play Area.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Catharine’s Church, Scholes and Rose Bridge.

St Catharine’s Church, Scholes

Church

Photo: S Parish, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Catharine's Church is in Lorne Street, Scholes, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool. St Catharine’s Church, Scholes is situated 1,100 feet southwest of The Rec.

Rose Bridge

Bridge

Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rose Bridge is situated 1,600 feet southeast of The Rec.

Wigan North Western Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.

Wigan North Western is one of two railway stations that serve the town centre of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England; the other is Wigan Wallgate, 110 yards away. Wigan North Western Railway Station is situated 1 mile southwest of The Rec.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scholes and Ince-in-Makerfield.

Scholes

Suburb

Scholes is an urban area in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Scholes is immediately to the east of Wigan's town centre; separated from the commercial area by the River Douglas.

Ince-in-Makerfield

Suburb

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Ince-in-Makerfield or Ince is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. The population of the Ince ward at the 2011 census was 13,486, but a southern part of Ince was also listed under the Abram ward.

Wigan

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

The Rec

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.54837° or 53° 32′ 54″ north

Longitude

-2.61345° or 2° 36′ 48″ west

Open location code

9C5VG9XP+8J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 426828577

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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