Wigan Life Centre (North Building)

Wigan Life Centre (North Building) is a public building in Wigan, England. Wigan Life Centre (North Building) is situated near Believe Square, as well as near Wigan Town Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Wigan Town Hall and Museum of Wigan Life.

Wigan Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Liverpoolpics, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The new Town Hall is a former technical college in Library Street, Wigan, England which was converted into a municipal facility in 1990. It is a Grade II listed building.

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. Museum of Wigan Life is situated 510 feet south of Wigan Life Centre (North Building).

Wigan North Western Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 950 feet southwest of Wigan Life Centre (North Building).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wigan and Wigan Pier.

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

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

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 Life Centre (North Building)

Type: Public building
Categories: building and government building
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.54548° or 53° 32′ 44″ north

Longitude

-2.63033° or 2° 37′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C5VG9W9+5V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 745898433

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Believe Square and Wigan Life Centre.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Billy Boston and Coming Home.

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Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.

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