Horrock’s Hide

Horrock’s Hide is a bird hide in Wigan, England. Horrock’s Hide is situated nearby to Pennington Flash Country Park, as well as near the scenic viewpoint The Point.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pennington Flash Country Park and Leigh Sports Village.

Pennington Flash Country Park

Park

Photo: Ronald Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pennington Flash Country Park is a 200-hectare country park located between Lowton and Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. Pennington Flash Country Park is situated 830 feet west of Horrock’s Hide.

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 2,600 feet east of Horrock’s Hide.

Pennington Flash

Lake

Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pennington Flash is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigh and Lowton.

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.

Lowton

Town

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lowton is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It is around 2 miles from Leigh, 7 miles south of Wigan and 12 miles west of Manchester city centre. Lowton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Horrock’s Hide.

Bedford

Suburb

Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 Horrock’s Hide.

Horrock’s Hide

Type: Bird hide
Categories: building and recreation area
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.48789° or 53° 29′ 16″ north

Longitude

-2.54149° or 2° 32′ 29″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C5VFFQ5+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 543863992

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=bird_hide

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