Old Woods

Old Woods is a forest in Culcheth and Glazebury, Warrington, England. Old Woods is situated nearby to the village Fowley Common, as well as near Glazebury.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leigh Sports Village and Culcheth Linear Park.

Leigh Sports Village

Stadium

Photo: Dave Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, the Manchester United Women's senior team, and Manchester United's men's Under-21 and Academy teams.

Culcheth Linear Park

Park

Photo: Richard Cooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Culcheth Linear Park is a park in the district of Culcheth, Warrington, England. Like the Black Bear Park and sections of the Trans Pennine Trail, Culcheth Linear Park is built on former railway tracks.

Newchurch Halt railway station

Historic site

Newchurch Halt was a railway station on the former Wigan Junction Railways line between Glazebrook and Wigan Central.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigh and Culcheth.

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.

Culcheth

Village

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Culcheth is a village in the civil parish of Culcheth and Glazebury, in the Warrington district, in Cheshire, England, six miles north-east of Warrington.