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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

Pennington Flash Country Park

Pennington Flash Country Park is a 200-hectare country park located between Lowton and Pennington, Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. The flash is a 70-hectare lake created at the turn of the 20th century by coal mining subsidence, mainly from Bickershaw Colliery, and flooding. Now an extensive nature reserve with several bird hides and a network of tracks and footpaths, Pennington Flash Country Park is nationally renowned for its birdlife and is a classic example of natural regeneration.

Located at 53.4861, -2.54715 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.698 miles away.
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Parks and commons in Wigan, Visitor attractions in Wigan, Country parks in Greater Manchester

Daisy Hill F.C

Daisy Hill F.C. are an English football club founded in 1894 and located in Daisy Hill, Westhoughton, Greater Manchester. They play their home games at New Sirs, St James Street in Westhoughton, which has a capacity of 2000. They currently play in the North West Counties League Division One and are full members of the Lancashire County Football Association. In 1989 they changed name to Westhoughton Town before reverting to Daisy Hill in 1994. They are nicknamed "The Daisies" or "The Cutters".

Located at 53.5321, -2.51804 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.701 miles away.
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Football clubs in England, North West Counties Football League clubs, Sport in Bolton, Association football clubs established in 1894, Lancashire Combination, Football clubs in Greater Manchester, 1894 establishments in England

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

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

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.

Located at 53.507, -2.532 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.700 miles away.
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Areas of Wigan

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

Bickershaw Colliery

Bickershaw Colliery was a coal mine, located at Westleigh, in Leigh, then within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, England.

Located at 53.493, -2.55565 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Coal mines in Lancashire, Buildings and structures in Wigan, Underground mines in England, History of Wigan

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

Howe Bridge Mines Rescue Station

Howe Bridge Mines Rescue Station was the first Mines rescue station on the Lancashire Coalfield opened in 1908 in Howe Bridge, Atherton, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. Before the opening of Britain's first mines rescue station at Tankersley in Yorkshire in 1902, pit managers and volunteers were the first untrained mines rescuers. They fought fires, rescued victims and recovered bodies in the mines in which they worked.

Located at 53.517, -2.5104 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.700 miles away.
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Mining in England, Rescue, Mine safety

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

St Michael and All Angels' Church, Howe Bridge

St Michael and All Angels' Church, Howe Bridge, is located in Leigh Road, Howe Bridge, a suburb of Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leigh, the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester. Its benefice is united with those of three local churches, St John the Baptist, St George and St Philip, forming a team ministry entitled the United Benefice of Atherton and Hindsford with Howe Bridge.

Located at 53.5176, -2.5069 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.700 miles away.
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Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Grade II* listed churches, Church of England churches in Greater Manchester, Anglican Diocese of Manchester, Religious buildings completed in 1877, 19th-century Church of England church buildings, Gothic Revival architecture in Greater Manchester, Paley and Austin buildings, Austin and Paley buildings

St James' Church, Daisy Hill

St James' Church, Daisy Hill, is located in the Daisy Hill district of Westhoughton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Deane, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.

Located at 53.5346, -2.518 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.702 miles away.
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Grade II* listed churches, Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Religious buildings completed in 1881, 19th-century Church of England church buildings, Anglican congregations established in the 19th century, Gothic Revival architecture in Greater Manchester, Anglican Diocese of Manchester, Paley and Austin buildings

St Peter's Church, Westleigh, Greater Manchester

St Peter's Church, Westleigh, is located in Firs Lane, Westleigh, a district of Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leigh, the archdeaconry of Salford, and the diocese of Manchester. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. It was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin.

Located at 53.4984, -2.5376 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.699 miles away.
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Grade II* listed churches, Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Religious buildings completed in 1881, 19th-century Church of England church buildings, Anglican congregations established in the 19th century, Gothic Revival architecture in Greater Manchester, Anglican Diocese of Manchester, Paley and Austin buildings

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

St Mary's Church, Lowton

St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Lowton. It is in the deanery of Winwick, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.

Located at 53.4763, -2.5512 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.698 miles away.
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Church of England churches in Greater Manchester, Churches completed in 1861, 19th-century Church of England church buildings, Gothic Revival architecture in Greater Manchester, E. G. Paley buildings

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