William Foster Playing Fields

William Foster Playing Fields is a recreation area in Wigan, England. William Foster Playing Fields is situated nearby to Ince railway station, as well as near Christ Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ince railway station and Christ Church.

Ince railway station

Railway station

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Ince railway station serves the Ince area of Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. The station is on the Manchester-Southport Line 17¼ miles north west of Manchester Victoria. Ince railway station is situated 520 feet southeast of William Foster Playing Fields.

Christ Church

Church

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Christ Church is in Ince Green Lane, Lower Ince, Ince-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. Christ Church is situated 790 feet southeast of William Foster Playing Fields.

St Catharine’s Church, Scholes

Church

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St Catharine's Church is in Lorne Street, Scholes, 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 Catharine’s Church, Scholes is situated 2,200 feet north of William Foster Playing Fields.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scholes and Wigan.

Scholes

Suburb

Scholes is an urban area in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Scholes is immediately to the east of Wigan's town centre; separated from the commercial area by the River Douglas.

Wigan

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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.

Wigan Pier

Quarter

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Wigan Pier is an area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous or ironic connotations since it conjures an image of a seaside pleasure pier, whereas Wigan is inland and a traditionally industrial town.

William Foster Playing Fields

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.5404° or 53° 32′ 25″ north

Longitude

-2.61367° or 2° 36′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C5VG9RP+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 565569503

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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