Wigan Station Junction

Wigan Station Junction is in Wigan, England. Wigan Station Junction is situated nearby to the courthouse Wigan & Leigh Magistrates‘ Court, as well as near the lock Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wigan North Western Railway Station and Museum of Wigan Life.

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 1,300 feet northwest of Wigan Station Junction.

Museum of Wigan Life

Museum

Photo: Hindleyite, CC BY 3.0.

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 1,100 feet northwest of Wigan Station Junction.

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. Wigan Town Hall is situated 1,400 feet north of Wigan Station Junction.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wigan and Wigan Pier.

Wigan

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Poolstock

Suburb

Poolstock is a road, the name of which is used to describe the surrounding residential area of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Poolstock, although it has no specific boundaries, is south of the River Douglas and is situated next to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and close to Wigan Pier and Wigan town centre which is in walking distance.

Wigan Station Junction

Type: Railway
Category: transportation
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.54147° or 53° 32′ 29″ north

Longitude

-2.6277° or 2° 37′ 40″ west

Open location code

9C5VG9RC+HW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 855161327

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=railway

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wigan & Leigh Magistrates‘ Court and Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

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