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Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)

Leigh is a constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Burnham of the Labour Party.

Located at 53.5, -2.5 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885, Politics of Wigan

Municipal Borough of Leigh

The Municipal Borough of Leigh was, from 1899 to 1974, a local government district of the administrative county of Lancashire, England, consisting of the townships of Pennington, Westleigh, Bedford and part of the township of Atherton and named after the ancient ecclesiastcal parish. The area contained the market town town of Leigh that served as its administrative centre until its dissolution in 1974. The borough council built Leigh Town Hall which was completed in 1907.

Located at 53.5, -2.52 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Local government in Wigan, Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894, Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, Municipal boroughs of England

A572 road

The A572 is a main road serving the Greater Manchester and Merseyside areas, running from Swinton to St Helens via Leigh and Newton-le-Willows.

Located at 53.493, -2.52085 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Roads in England, Roads in Greater Manchester, Transport in Merseyside

Red Rose Forest

Red Rose Forest is a partnership initiative of the twelve Community Forests in England and is the most urban of all the Community Forests. The project was started in 1991 and is expected to last 40 years, with the aim of involving communities in safeguarding and creating a woodland flora for the future, and helping preserve the fast disappearing flora of British woodlands.

Located at 53.5, -2.5 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Forests and woodlands of Greater Manchester, Conservation in the United Kingdom, Parks and open spaces in Greater Manchester

Hilton Park (stadium)

Hilton Park was a multi-purpose stadium in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It was the home of Leigh Centurions rugby league club and Leigh Genesis F.C. association football club. It had a capacity of approximately 10,000. The stadium was demolished in February 2009.

Located at 53.5025, -2.5225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Defunct rugby league venues in England, Defunct sports venues in Greater Manchester, Defunct football venues in England, Leigh Genesis F.C., Multi-purpose stadiums in the United Kingdom, Sport in Wigan

Leigh Sports Village

Leigh Sports Village is a £50 million multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh Sports Village plays host to three of the town's sporting clubs. Amateur rugby league club, Leigh East and amateur athletics club, Leigh Harriers occupy dedicated facilities on the site. Leigh Centurions Rugby League club is resident at the 11,000 seater with standing terraces in the Tommy Sale Stand.

Located at 53.491, -2.529 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Rugby league stadiums in England, Sport in Wigan, Buildings and structures in Wigan, Sports venues in Greater Manchester, Football venues in England

Wigan and Leigh College

Wigan and Leigh College is a state General Further and Higher Education College based at six locations in the towns of Wigan and Leigh in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Currently, there are over 1,000 staff members and more than 23,000 students. The college's programmes of study include: General Certificate of Education (GCSEs), Advanced Level (UK), National Diplomas, Higher National Diplomas and First Degrees.

Located at 53.4995, -2.52552 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Wigan, Education in Wigan, Educational institutions established in 1992, Former schools and colleges of mining

Glaze Brook

The Glaze Brook, or River Glaze, is a minor river in Greater Manchester, England. The Glaze Brook drains a large area around Leigh and is formed at the outflow of Pennington Flash {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:53.4849|-2.5354|region:GB|||||| | |name= }} close to Aspull Common. Pennington Flash is fed by Hey Brook, a continuation of Nan Holes Brook, which runs eastwards from Ashton-in-Makerfield.

Located at 53.4849, -2.5354 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.698 miles away.
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Rivers of Greater Manchester

Atherleigh railway station

Atherleigh railway station served an area of Leigh in what was then Lancashire, England. It was located on the Bolton and Leigh Railway line which ran from Kenyon Junction to Bolton Great Moor Street Station.

Located at 53.5077, -2.52075 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.700 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Wigan, Former London Midland and Scottish Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1935, Railway stations closed in 1954

Culcheth Methodist Church

Culcheth Methodist Church is located in the village of Culcheth, now a part of Warrington, England. The church building is located at the corner of Ellesmere Road and Burton Close near the village centre, a short walk from the village green.

Located at 53.4543, -2.52108 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.696 miles away.
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Warrington, Methodist churches in England

Atherton Hall, Leigh

Atherton Hall was a country house and estate in Atherton historically a part of Lancashire, England. It was built between 1723 and 1742 and demolished in 1824. In 1894 this part of Atherton was incorporated into Leigh, Greater Manchester. Christopher Saxton's map shows there was a medieval deer park here in the time of Elizabeth I.

Located at 53.509, -2.5 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.700 miles away.
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Country houses in Greater Manchester, Former buildings and structures of England, History of Wigan

Pennington railway station

Pennington Station was a railway station at Pennington, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England on the Bolton and Leigh Railway. It was situated within the historic county of Lancashire. The station opened as Bradshaw Leach on the Kenyon and Leigh Railway in 1831 and Pennington Station closed in 1954. The line serving Leigh was closed in 1969.

Located at 53.4822, -2.53472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.698 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Wigan, Former London and North Western Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1831, Railway stations closed in 1954, History of Wigan

Bedford, Greater Manchester

Bedford, a suburb of Leigh, Greater Manchester is one of three ancient townships, Bedford, Pennington and Westleigh, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh. Bedford was historically in Lancashire.

Located at 53.4939, -2.4996 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Geography of Wigan, Areas of Greater Manchester

Pennington, Greater Manchester

Pennington, a suburb of Leigh, Greater Manchester is one of six townships in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Leigh, that with Westleigh and Bedford merged to form the town of Leigh in 1875. The township of Pennington covered most of Leigh's town centre.

Located at 53.494, -2.4998 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Geography of Wigan, Areas of Greater Manchester

Bedford Colliery

Bedford Colliery, also known as Wood End Pit, was a coal mine on the Manchester Coalfield in Bedford, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The colliery was owned by John Speakman, who started sinking two shafts on land at Wood End Farm in the northeast part of Bedford, south of the London and North Western Railway's Tyldesley Loopline in about 1874. Speakman's father owned Priestners, Bankfield, and Broadoak collieries in Westleigh.

Located at 53.504, -2.497 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Coal mines in Lancashire, Underground mines in England, Industrial railways in England, Defunct mining companies of the United Kingdom

Bedford Colliery Disaster

The Bedford Colliery Disaster occurred on Friday 13 August 1886 when an explosion of firedamp caused the death of 38 miners at Bedford Colliery No.2 pit, near Leigh in what then was Lancashire. The colliery which was sunk in 1884 was known to be a "fiery pit" was owned by John Speakman.

Located at 53.504, -2.497 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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1886 in England, Mining in Lancashire, Coal mining disasters in England, Underground mines in England, 19th-century mining disasters

Leigh Union workhouse

Leigh Union workhouse, also known as the Leigh workhouse and after 1930, Atherleigh Hospital, was a workhouse built in 1850 by the Leigh Poor Law Union on Leigh Road, Atherton in the historic county of Lancashire.

Located at 53.5078, -2.51778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.700 miles away.
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English Poor Laws, Buildings and structures in Wigan

Parsonage Colliery

Parsonage Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Lancashire Coalfield in Leigh, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. The colliery, close to the centre of Leigh and the Bolton and Leigh Railway was sunk between 1913 and 1920 by the Wigan Coal and Iron Company and the first coal was wound to the surface in 1921. {{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}} For many years its shafts to the Arley mine were the deepest in the country.

Located at 53.5004, -2.5273 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Coal mines in Lancashire, Mining in England, Underground mines in England

Morleys Hall

Morleys Hall, a moated hall converted to two houses, is situated at grid reference SJ 689 992 on Morleys Lane, on the edge of Astley Moss in Astley, Greater Manchester, England. It was largely rebuilt in the 19th century on the site of a medieval timber house. The hall is a Grade II* listed building and the moat a scheduled ancient monument. Morleys is a private residence.

Located at 53.4892, -2.4693 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.698 miles away.
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Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Houses in Greater Manchester, Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Greater Manchester

Howe Bridge Colliery

Howe Bridge Colliery was a coal mine which was part of the Fletcher, Burrows and Company's collieries at Howe Bridge in Atherton, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. The Fletchers owned several small pits which eventually became the Howe Bridge Collieries.

Located at 53.5153, -2.5134 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.700 miles away.
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Coal mines in Lancashire, Mining in England, Underground mines in England

Leigh Town Hall

Leigh Town Hall stands facing the parish church across the Civic Square at the junction with Market Street in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It was designed for Leigh Borough Council by J.C. Prestwich, who had an architectural practice in the town. Work began in 1904 and the building was opened in 1907. It was granted Grade II Listed status in 1987. Nicholas Pevsner described the building as "An exceptionally good building, expressive yet not showy".

Located at 53.497, -2.519 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Wigan, City and town halls in England, Grade II listed buildings in Greater Manchester

Bedford Hall

Bedford Hall is a late medieval-house in Bedford, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It was leased to tenants by the Kighleys, absent lords of the manor of Bedford, and has been modified several times over the centuries becoming a farmouse and now two houses. It was one of a group of timber-framed medieval halls, including Morleys Hall in Astley, located to the north of Chat Moss. It is a Grade II Listed building.

Located at 53.4861, -2.4924 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.698 miles away.
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Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Houses in Greater Manchester

John Holcroft (16th century MP)

Sir John Holcroft (died 1560) was a soldier, politician, and landowner of the Tudor period. He was returned twice as a member of the English parliament for Lancashire.

Located at 53.4517, -2.4845 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.696 miles away.
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Year of birth missing, Year of birth unknown, 1560 deaths, People from Lancashire, English knights, 16th-century English people, People of the Tudor period, Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707), Knights of the Bath, English landowners

St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Leigh

St Joseph's Church is an active Roman Catholic church on Chapel Street in Bedford, Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.

Located at 53.494, -2.508 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Grade II listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Roman Catholic churches in Greater Manchester, Gothic Revival architecture in England, 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the UK

Christ Church, Pennington

Christ Church is an active Anglican parish church in Pennington, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Christ Church serves the parish of Pennington in the Leigh Deanery and Salford Archdeaconry in the Diocese of Manchester. It is a Grade II listed building.

Located at 53.491, -2.522 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Grade II listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Church of England churches in Greater Manchester, Anglican Diocese of Manchester, 19th-century Church of England church buildings, Anglican congregations established in the 19th century, Gothic Revival architecture in Greater Manchester