Culcheth is a large village in Warrington, Cheshire, England located approximately 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Warrington town centre and is the principal settlement in Culcheth and Glazebury Civil Parish.
Population: 6,879
Latitude: 53° 27' 3.96" N
Longitude: -2° 31' 15.74" W
The Greater Manchester Built-up Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), consisting of the large conurbation that encompasses the urban element of the city of Manchester and the continuous metropolitan area that s…
The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between the mid-1960s and 1981, it became known as a primary venue for northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Cha…
Chorley Football Club are a football club from Chorley, Lancashire, England. They were founded as a rugby union club in 1875 but switched to football in 1883. They have reached the FA Cup second round twice in 1986–87 and 1990–91. Their best perform…
The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93.5-mile long canal (150.5 km) in the East Midlands, West Midlands, and north-west of England.
Warrington Bank Quay railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Warrington in Cheshire, England. Warrington Bank Quay is a mainline station on one side of the main shopping area, with Warrington Central on the other side oper…
Burnden Park was the home of English football club Bolton Wanderers who played home games there between 1895 and 1997. As well as hosting the 1901 FA Cup Final replay, it was the scene in 1946 of one of the greatest disasters in English football, an…
The BL postcode area, also known as the Bolton postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around the towns of Bolton and Bury, along with outlying areas of Chorley, Rossendale and Blackburn with Darwen, England.
Norton Priory is a historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, comprising the remains of an abbey complex dating from the 12th to 16th centuries, and an 18th-century country house; it is now a museum. The remains are a scheduled ancient mon…
The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton /ˈboʊltən/ is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Bolton, but covers a far larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley and Westhoug…
Swinton is a town within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, Swinton is located on the A6 road. It stands on gently sloping ground on the southwest side of the River Irwell, and within the bounds of the o…
The Mersey Gateway is a new road bridge across the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal in north-west England, which began construction in May 2014. The bridge will be located approximately 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the east of the existing Silver J…
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) northwes…
Urmston /ˈɜrmstən/ is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 41,000. Historically in Lancashire, it is about six miles (10 km) southwest of Manchester city centre. The southern boundary is the River Mersey, with…
Tyldesley (/ˈtɪlzliː/ or /ˈtɪlsliː/) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It occupies an area north of Chat Moss near the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, 7.7 miles (12.4 km) east-southeast of Wigan…
Chat Moss is a large area of peat bog that makes up 30 per cent of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. North of the River Irwell, five miles (8 km) to the west of Manchester, it occupies an area of about 10.6 square miles (27.5 km2)…
The WN postcode area, also known as the Wigan postcode area, is a group of postcode districts in North West England that are sub-divisions of three post towns. It covers parts of the Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire administrative areas.
AJ Bell Stadium (formerly Salford City Stadium) is a rugby stadium in Barton-upon-Irwell, Salford, England. It was built to replace Salford rugby league club's ground The Willows for the 2012 season.
Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire (now part of Merseyside).