The Salvation Army - Wigan

The Salvation Army - Wigan is a church in Wigan, England which is located on Scholes. The Salvation Army - Wigan is situated nearby to the community center Wigan Borough Armed Forces HQ CIC, as well as near Scholes Bridge.

Email: wigan@salvationarmy.org.uk
Type: Church
Denomination: Salvation Army
Address: 2 Scholes, Wigan, WN1 3QJ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wigan Town Hall and Museum of Wigan Life.

Wigan Town Hall

Town hall

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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 1,100 feet west of The Salvation Army - Wigan.

Museum of Wigan Life

Museum

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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 1,200 feet southwest of The Salvation Army - Wigan.

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 1,900 feet southwest of The Salvation Army - Wigan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wigan and Scholes.

Wigan

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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.

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 Pier

Quarter

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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.

The Salvation Army - Wigan

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.54604° or 53° 32′ 46″ north

Longitude

-2.62528° or 2° 37′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C5VG9WF+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 941787092

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=salvation_army

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