Old Bluecoat School

Old Bluecoat School is a heritage site in Wigan, England which is located on Bishopgate. Old Bluecoat School is situated nearby to All Saints’ Church, Wigan, as well as near the arts center The Old Courts.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include All Saints’ Church, Wigan and Wigan Wallgate Railway Station.

All Saints’ Church, Wigan

Church

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

All Saints' Church in Wallgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, is an Anglican parish church. It is in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and St.Helens, the Diocese of Liverpool.

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 400 feet southwest of Old Bluecoat School.

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 960 feet south of Old Bluecoat School.

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.

Old Bluecoat School

Type: Heritage site
Address: Bishopgate, Wigan, WN1 1NL
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.54603° or 53° 32′ 46″ north

Longitude

-2.63336° or 2° 38′ 0″ west

Open location code

9C5VG9W8+CM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 940988343

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

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