Billinge Plantation
Billinge Plantation is a forest in Wigan, England. Billinge Plantation is situated nearby to the suburb Longshaw, as well as near Higher End.Places of Interest
Highlights include Orrell railway station and Upholland railway station.
Orrell railway station
Railway station
Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orrell railway station serves the Orrell area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is a small two-platform commuter hub on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan.
Upholland railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Upholland railway station serves the small town of Up Holland in the southern Lancashire/Wigan boundary area of England. It is on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan Wallgate and means the service runs through three counties on its journey from Wigan to Kirkby.
Winstanley College
College
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winstanley College is a sixth-form college in the Billinge Higher End area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skelmersdale and St Helens.
Skelmersdale
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skelmersdale is a town in the Western district of Lancashire, England. It sits on the River Tawd, 6 miles west of Wigan, 13 miles north-east of Liverpool and 15 miles south-west of Preston.
St Helens
Photo: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Helens is a town in Merseyside in England, 14 miles northeast of Liverpool. It was historically part of Lancashire, but in 1974 became a separate metropolitan borough.
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.
Billinge Plantation
- Type: Forest
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.5116° or 53° 30′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.7155° or 2° 42′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C5VG76M+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 626889869OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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