Platt Lane Play Area
Platt Lane Play Area is a park in Wigan, England. Platt Lane Play Area is situated nearby to the suburb Scholes, as well as near the recreation area The Rec.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Catharine’s Church, Scholes and St Stephen’s Church, Whelley.
St Catharine’s Church, Scholes
Church
Photo: S Parish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1,300 feet south of Platt Lane Play Area.
St Stephen’s Church, Whelley
Church
Photo: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Stephen's Church is in Balcarres Avenue, Whelley, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Wigan and West Lancashire, and the diocese of Liverpool. St Stephen’s Church, Whelley is situated 2,100 feet north of Platt Lane Play Area.
St John’s Church, Wigan
Church
Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John's Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Standishgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is within 200 feet of another Catholic church, St Mary's. Construction on both churches, was done in a spirit of competition, so they both were finished in the same year, 1819. St John’s Church, Wigan is situated 2,700 feet west of Platt Lane Play Area.
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.
Platt Lane Play Area
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.54964° or 53° 32′ 59″ northLongitude
-2.61575° or 2° 36′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C5VG9XM+VPOpenStreetMap ID
way 768638287OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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