St Catharine’s Church, Scholes
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.Photo: S Parish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: grade II listed church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Saint Catharine’s Church”, “St Catharine’s Church”, and “St Catharine’s Church, Wigan”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wigan North Western Railway Station and Ince railway station.
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 North Western Railway Station is situated 3,700 feet west of St Catharine’s Church, Scholes.
Ince railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2,800 feet south of St Catharine’s Church, Scholes.
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. Wigan Wallgate Railway Station is situated 3,800 feet west of St Catharine’s Church, Scholes.
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
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
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.
St Catharine’s Church, Scholes
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.54624° or 53° 32′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.61681° or 2° 37′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C5VG9WM+F7OpenStreetMap ID
way 591860403OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7592742
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In Other Languages
“St Catharine’s Church, Scholes” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت كاثرين”
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Highlights include St Catharine’s CofE Primary School and Hardybutts Post Office.
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