Sandstone Wood
Sandstone Wood is a forest in Haigh, Wigan, England. Sandstone Wood is situated nearby to the village Haigh, as well as near the hamlet Red Rock.Places of Interest
Highlights include Blackrod railway station and St David’s Church.
Blackrod railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paypwip, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blackrod railway station serves the towns of Blackrod and Horwich, Greater Manchester, England. It is 6.5 miles north west of Bolton railway station. It is just 1+1⁄4 miles from the town centre of Horwich - closer than Horwich Parkway station.
St David’s Church
Church
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St David's Church is in Copperas Lane, Haigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.
St Stephen’s Church, Whelley
Church
Photo: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Stephen's Church is in Balcarres Avenue, Whelley, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Wigan and West Lancashire, and the diocese of Liverpool.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wigan and Standish.
Wigan
Wigan is an industrial town in Greater Manchester in the north of England. It's 17 miles northwest of central Manchester and until 1974 was part of Lancashire. In 2019 the population was 108,000.
Standish
Village
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Standish is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is on the A49 road between Chorley and Wigan, near Junction 27 of the M6 motorway.
Hindley
Town
Photo: Jhamez84, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hindley is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It is three miles east of Wigan and covers an area of 2,580 acres.
Sandstone Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Haigh, Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.5774° or 53° 34′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.6125° or 2° 36′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C5VH9GQ+X2OpenStreetMap ID
way 564840041OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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