Billy Boston

Billy Boston is a work of art in Wigan, England. Billy Boston is situated near Believe Square, as well as near the public building Wigan Life Centre (North Building).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Wigan Town Hall and Wigan Wallgate Railway Station.

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 Wallgate Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 850 feet west of Billy Boston.

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. All Saints’ Church, Wigan is situated 490 feet west of Billy Boston.

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.

Billy Boston

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Category: tourism
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.54582° or 53° 32′ 45″ north

Longitude

-2.63054° or 2° 37′ 50″ west

Open location code

9C5VG9W9+8Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 940992822

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=statue

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Believe Square and Wigan Life Centre (North Building).

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Coming Home and The Face of Wigan.

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