Higher Folds Park
Higher Folds Park is a park in Wigan, England. Higher Folds Park is situated nearby to The Centre Post Office, as well as near the recreation area Higher Folds Sports and Social Club.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bedford Colliery and Tyldesley Little Theatre.
Bedford Colliery
Mine
Bedford Colliery, also known as Wood End Pit, was a coal mine on the Manchester Coalfield in Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire, England. The colliery was owned by John Speakman, who started sinking two shafts on land at Wood End Farm in the northeast part of Bedford, south of the London and North Western Railway's Tyldesley Loopline in about 1874. Bedford Colliery is situated 2,200 feet west of Higher Folds Park.
Tyldesley Little Theatre
Theater building
Tyldesley Little Theatre is a small theatre in Lemon Street, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England. It is the home of a local amateur dramatic society, which mounted its first production at the theatre in 1921. Tyldesley Little Theatre is situated 1 mile northeast of Higher Folds Park.
St George’s Church
Church
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St George's Church is an Anglican parish church serving Tyldesley and Shakerley in Greater Manchester, England. It is part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester. St George’s Church is situated 1 mile northeast of Higher Folds Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bedford and Tyldesley.
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.
Tyldesley
Town
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Tyldesley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is north of Chat Moss near the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, eight miles southeast of Wigan and nine miles northwest of Manchester.
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.
Higher Folds Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.50361° or 53° 30′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.48482° or 2° 29′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C5VGG38+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 461678897OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Centre Post Office and Higher Folds Sports and Social Club.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Wood End Pit AKA Bedford Colliery marker stone, former coal mine. and Coronation Drive/Precinct.
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