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
Mavis Mill, Coppull is a cotton spinning mill in Coppull, Chorley, Lancashire. Mavis was built in 1908 alongside the Coppull Ring Mill, which still survives under a change of use: Mavis is a car park. It was driven by a 2000 hp triple-expansion four…
Martinscroft is a part of the civil parish of Woolston in Warrington, Cheshire, England.
Manor High School is a mixed day school for students with special needs, located in Sale and serves the whole borough of Trafford.
Lower Roddlesworth Reservoir is a reservoir on the River Roddlesworth close to Abbey Village in Lancashire.
Lostock Hall Gatehouse is an Elizabethan building located in Lostock, a western suburb of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.
Lever Bank Bleach Works was a Bleach Works at Ladyshore, near Little Lever, Bolton. The works was owned by Thomas Ridgway & Sons.
Hindley South was a railway station located in Hindley, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England.
High Rid Reservoir is a small, stone-sided reservoir close to Lostock Junction.
High Bullough Reservoir is the oldest of all the reservoirs in the Rivington chain. Popular with walkers, it forms part of the Anglezarke trail, although it is also accessible from Manor House. Originally named as Chorley Reservoir, it has since bee…
Hermitage Green is a hamlet near the village of Winwick in Cheshire. It is also the location of St Oswald's Well (grid reference SJ606939).
Heapey railway station served the village of Heapey, in Lancashire, England.
Green Withins Brook in Lancashire, England, is a small tributary of the River Yarrow that runs from Standing Stones Hill on Anglezarke Moor, to the ruins of Simms.
Great House Barn is a 16th-century barn and Listed building in Rivington, Lancashire, England. Built as a tithe barn it is believed to be one of the oldest of its type in the county and is now a Grade II listed building.
Fishpool is an area of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. The area is roughly-speaking, a square bounded by Wellington Road to the north, Manchester Road to the west, Gigg Lane to the south and Market Street to the east.
Empress Mill, Ince was a single storey shed mill alongside the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, spinning cotton in Ince, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
Elton is a suburb of Bury, on the A58 road, in the Bury District, in the English county of Greater Manchester. Elton has a superstore.
Dunham W&SR railway station served Dunham Town between 1854 and closure in 1855.
Dingle Reservoir is an artificial, low alkalinity, shallow reservoir near to the town of Egerton, Greater Manchester.