Nook Pits Wood
Nook Pits Wood is a deciduous forest in Wigan, England. Nook Pits Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Gin Pit, as well as near the village Higher Folds.Places of Interest
Highlights include Astley Green Colliery Museum and Damhouse.
Astley Green Colliery Museum
Museum
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Astley Green Colliery Museum is a heritage museum in Astley near Tyldesley in Greater Manchester, England, operated by the Red Rose Steam Society. The site was originally a working colliery that produced coal from 1912 until its closure in 1970 and is now protected as a Scheduled Monument.
Damhouse
Manor estate
Photo: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damhouse or Astley Hall is a Grade II* listed building on Church Road in Astley, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leigh and Tyldesley.
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.
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.
Atherton
Town
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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.
Nook Pits Wood
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.5016° or 53° 30′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.4717° or 2° 28′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C5VGG2H+J8OpenStreetMap ID
way 461944311OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gin Pit and Higher Folds.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Catholic High School and Higher Folds Sports and Social Club.
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