Leigh
in Wigan of England, United Kingdom
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Manchester Airport (14 mi) - Liverpool John Lennon Airport (18 mi)
- Manchester Woodford Airport (19 mi)
- Blackpool International Airport (28 mi)
- Hawarden Airport (29 mi)
- Leeds Bradford Airport (43 mi)
- Barrow Walney Island Airport (53 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (67 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (79 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 40 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 55 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 63 mi)
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Unesco heritage, 113 mi) - Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 120 mi)
- Brackley Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Hart Common 2012 Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Hindley Hall Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Regent Park Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Haydock Park Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Bolton Old Links GC (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Bolton Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Lymm Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Valynette Golf Course (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Deane Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 53.496 and -2.520 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 53° 29' 47" and W -2° 31' 11"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:08 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:39 am and 8:35 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-27 08:23:39
Explore Leigh
Leigh in Wigan (England) with it's 43,626 inhabitants is located in United Kingdom about 170 mi (or 274 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Leigh is now 08:08 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports in the wider vicinity of Leigh, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Manchester Airport in a distance of 14 mi (or 23 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal in a distance of 40 mi (or 64 km), South-West. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Croft, Winwick, Partington, Warrington and Haigh. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 5°C / 41 °F
| Morning Temperature | 4°C / 40 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 29% |
| Air Humidity | 98% |
| Air Pressure | 1003 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Heavy intensity rain |
Monday, 29th of April 2024
13°C (55 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
16°C (61 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
15°C (60 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
pentahotel Warrington
Bolton Whites
Holiday Inn Express LEIGH - SPORTS VILLAGE
Greyhound Restaurant & Hotel
Britannia Bolton
Bolton (Stadium/Arena)
Mercure Bolton Georgian House Hotel
TRAVELODGE WARRINGTON LOWTON
Warrington North East
J9) Warrington (A49/M62
Videos from this area
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Simon's Away Days - Leigh Sports Village
The first 'Away Day' of the year came in January as Simon visited Leigh Sports Village for the pre season friendly between Leigh Centurions and Wigan Warriors in Paul Prescott's Testimonial.
Leigh college vs Salford college - first half
After going a try behind in the first ten minutes Leigh college came back to finish the game 40-14 and are still unbeaten.
#CruTV Crusaders V Leigh friendly Review
CruTV spoke to head coach Anthony Murray and North Wales Crusaders player Karl Ashall, after the friendly game against Leigh Centurions. Leigh ran out as winners with a score of 42-22.
AirReal: Leigh Sports Village
early morning flight above LSV.
AirReal: Scotland - Fife
Footage from my trip to Fife - Scotland, Kelty, Benarty Hill, Lochore Meadows Country Park.
Leigh Centurions res V Oldham Roughyeds res
A Div 1 RL reserve team fixture.
Leigh East v West Bowling
A National Conference League Rugby League fixture.
Street Party. Leigh Lancashire. Diamond Jubilee. 2012.
A Diamond Jubilee Street Party. Oulton Close Leigh Lancashire England 5 June 2012 Video taken by Reg Heaton.
Leigh East V Thorn Hill Trojans
A Fraser eagle National Conference scoring highlights.
Leigh East 19 Myton Warriors 35
Match Highlights.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Westleigh, Greater Manchester
Westleigh, a suburb of Leigh, Greater Manchester is one of three ancient townships, Westleigh, Bedford and Pennington, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Leigh.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Leigh, لي, لی، منچستر بزرگ, Leigh i Stor-Manchester
