Wigan South Junction

Wigan South Junction is in Wigan, England. Wigan South Junction is situated nearby to the lock Leeds and Liverpool Canal, as well as near Britannia Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wigan North Western Railway Station and Britannia Bridge.

Wigan North Western Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.

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 2,700 feet northwest of Wigan South Junction.

Britannia Bridge

Bridge

Photo: David Long, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Britannia Bridge is situated 1,100 feet north of Wigan South Junction.

Wigan Wallgate Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Whohe!, Public domain.

Wigan Wallgate is one of two railway stations serving the town centre of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England; the other is Wigan North Western, which is 100 metres away across the street named Wallgate. Wigan Wallgate Railway Station is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Wigan South 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.

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 South Junction

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

53.53786° or 53° 32′ 16″ north

Longitude

-2.62461° or 2° 37′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C5VG9QG+45

OpenStreetMap ID

way 855599857

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=railway

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