Scholes Village

Scholes Village is a neighborhood in Wigan, England. Scholes Village is situated nearby to the suburb Longshoot, as well as near Wallgate.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Wigan Life and Wigan North Western Railway Station.

Museum of Wigan Life

Museum

Photo: Hindleyite, CC BY 3.0.

The Museum of Wigan Life is a public museum and local history resource centre in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The nineteenth-century listed building is by the noted architect Alfred Waterhouse.

Wigan North Western Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.

Wigan North Western is one of two railway stations that serve the town centre of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England; the other is Wigan Wallgate, 110 yards away.

Wigan Wallgate Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Whohe!, Public domain.

Wigan Wallgate is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England; the other is Wigan North Western, which is 100 metres away across the street named Wallgate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wigan and Scholes.

Wigan

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

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 Pier

Quarter

Photo: Chris55, Public domain.

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.

Scholes Village

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.54526° or 53° 32′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.62657° or 2° 37′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C5VG9WF+49

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11209291224

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scholes Bridge and The Salvation Army - Wigan.

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