St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is a member of the Salford & Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester.Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as: “Church of St Mary”, “St Mary the Virgin”, and “St Mary the Virgin Church, Leigh”
- Address: Leigh
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leigh bus station and Leigh Sports Village.
Leigh bus station
Bus station
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Leigh is a town in the Wigan district, in Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. It is situated approximately 6 miles southeast of Wigan and 11 miles west of Manchester city centre. Leigh bus station is situated 1,000 feet south of St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh.
Leigh Sports Village
Stadium
Photo: Dave Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, the Manchester United Women's senior team, and Manchester United's men's Under-21 and Academy teams. Leigh Sports Village is situated 3,900 feet southwest of St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh.
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
Church
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Joseph's Church is an active Roman Catholic church in, Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. It is in the parish of St Edmund Arrowsmith. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church is situated 2,800 feet southeast of St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leigh and Bedford.
Leigh
Town
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigh is a town in the Wigan district, in Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. It is situated approximately 6 miles southeast of Wigan and 11 miles west of Manchester city centre.
Bedford
Suburb
Bedford is a suburb of Leigh, in the Wigan district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. It was one of three ancient townships, Bedford, Pennington and Westleigh, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh. Historically, Bedford was in Lancashire.
Atherton
Town
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Atherton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, historically part of Lancashire. It is five miles south of Bolton, seven miles east of Wigan, and 10 miles northwest of Manchester. Atherton is situated 2 miles northeast of St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh.
St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.49831° or 53° 29′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.5197° or 2° 31′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C5VFFXJ+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 837534012OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7594644
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In Other Languages
“St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديسه مريم العذراء”
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