Pennington Flash Country Park
Pennington Flash Country Park is a 200-hectare country park located between Lowton and Leigh in Greater Manchester, England.Photo: Ronald Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Steven Haslington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom; surroundings of lake formed by mining subsidence frequented by birdwatchers
- Also known as: “Pennington Flash County Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pennington Flash and Leigh Sports Village.
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 3,300 feet east of Pennington Flash Country Park.
Plank Lane Lift Bridge
Bridge
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plank Lane Lift Bridge is situated 3,100 feet northwest of Pennington Flash Country Park.
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 2 miles east of Pennington Flash Country Park.
Kenyon
Village
Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kenyon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Croft, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 259. Kenyon is situated 2½ miles south of Pennington Flash Country Park.
Pennington Flash Country Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.48812° or 53° 29′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.54529° or 2° 32′ 43″ westOperator
Wigan CouncilOpen location code
9C5VFFQ3+6VOpenStreetMap ID
way 461781840OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q7163468
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Highlights include The Point and Common Lane Footbridge.
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