Atherton (pop. 20,300) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England and historically a part of Lancashire. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Wigan, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Leigh, and 10.7 miles (17.2 km) northwest of Manchester. For about 300 years from the 17th century Atherton was referred to as Chowbent, which was frequently shortened to Bent, the town's old nickname.
Population: 20,149
Latitude: 53° 31' 25.36" N
Longitude: -2° 29' 36.74" W
Pleasington Priory, or the Church of St Mary and St John Baptist, is a Roman Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
Philips Park is an area of parkland situated within the Metropolitan Borough of Bury on the boundary of Whitefield and Prestwich, in Greater Manchester. The park consists of rich woodland and grassland habitat and is home to an assortment of wildlif…
Moses Gate railway station serves the Moses Gate suburb of Farnworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.
Moore is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England.
University Academy Warrington is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Padgate area of Warrington in the English county of Cheshire.
This is a list of the cotton and other textile mills in Bury, Greater Manchester, England.
Langworthy Metrolink station is an stop on the Eccles Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.
Ladywell Metrolink station is a stop on the Eccles Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.
Hollinshead Hall was a manor house close to the village of Tockholes, Lancashire. It is unclear whether the hall was originally the manor house of Tockholes, or if Hollinshead was indeed a manor in its own right alongside Tockholes and Livesey.
Harbour City Metrolink station is a stop on the Eccles Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system.
Hag Fold railway station is one of the local stations that lie on the Atherton line, between Wigan and Manchester, England.
Rixton-with-Glazebrook is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It lies to the east of Warrington and borders Irlam, and is largely farmland. It has a railway station at Glazebrook and is served by buses along the…
Flixton F.C. are an English football club based in Flixton, near Urmston in Greater Manchester. They played in the North West Counties Football League Premier Division until 2012 when they resigned from the league. They are members of the Manchester…
Edge Hall Road is the Wigan Warriors Rugby League club's high performance training complex and the home ground of the Wigan Warriors Senior Academy and Junior Academy teams and the former home ground of Orrell R.U.F.C.. As of March 2015 it is known …
The 1941 Eccles rail crash occurred on 30 December 1941 at the east end of the station at Eccles, which was then in Lancashire but is now in Greater Manchester in northern England.
Bury was a local government district centred on Bury in the northwest of England from 1846 to 1974.
Clifton Viaduct is a Grade II listed stone structure crossing the River Irwell in Clifton, Greater Manchester, and also the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. It is known locally as the "13 Arches".
Clifton Hall Colliery was one of two coal mines in Clifton (the other was Wet Earth Colliery) on the Manchester Coalfield, historically in Lancashire which was incorporated into the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England in 1974.