Old Zoo Meadow
Old Zoo Meadow is a recreation area in Wigan, England. Old Zoo Meadow is situated nearby to the recreation area Old Pitch and Put course - Disused, as well as near the park Basket Ball Court.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bedford Colliery and St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church.
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 2,000 feet southeast of Old Zoo Meadow.
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
Church
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Joseph's Church is an active Roman Catholic church in, Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. It is in the parish of St Edmund Arrowsmith. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church is situated 1 mile south of Old Zoo Meadow.
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 1 mile southwest of Old Zoo Meadow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bedford and Leigh.
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.
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.
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.
Old Zoo Meadow
- Type: Recreation area
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.50548° or 53° 30′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.50329° or 2° 30′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C5VGF4W+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 462213278OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_ground
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Pitch and Put course - Disused and Basket Ball Court.
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