Old Clay Pit
Old Clay Pit is a forest in Wigan, England. Old Clay Pit is situated nearby to the hamlet Higher Green, as well as near the town Astley.Places of Interest
Highlights include Astley Green Colliery Museum and RHS Garden Bridgewater.
Astley Green Colliery Museum
Museum
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Astley Green Colliery Museum is a heritage museum in Astley near Tyldesley in Greater Manchester, England, operated by the Red Rose Steam Society. The site was originally a working colliery that produced coal from 1912 until its closure in 1970 and is now protected as a Scheduled Monument.
RHS Garden Bridgewater
Garden
Photo: Amanda Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.
RHS Garden Bridgewater is the Royal Horticultural Society's fifth public display garden. It is located in the village of Worsley in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
Damhouse
Manor estate
Photo: Plucas58, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Damhouse or Astley Hall is a Grade II* listed building on Church Road in Astley, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walkden and Tyldesley.
Walkden
Town
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Salford is a city in Greater Manchester in northwest England, with a population of 130,000 in 2021. It's separated from the City of Manchester by a loop of the River Irwell. Its biggest attraction is the Quays, but this area is described on a separate page.
Tyldesley
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tyldesley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is north of Chat Moss near the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, eight miles southeast of Wigan and nine miles northwest of Manchester.
Leigh
Town
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigh is a town in the Wigan district, in Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. It is situated approximately 6 miles southeast of Wigan and 11 miles west of Manchester city centre.
Old Clay Pit
- Type: Forest
- Location: Wigan, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.4967° or 53° 29′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.4336° or 2° 26′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C5VFHW8+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 975270105OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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