Golborne (go:[l]bə:n) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south-southeast of Wigan, 6.1 miles (9.8 km) northeast of Warrington and 13.8 miles (22.2 km) to the west of the city of Manchester. It has a population of 23,119, increasing to 24,169 at the 2011 Census.
Population: 24,021
Latitude: 53° 28' 36.95" N
Longitude: -2° 35' 47.44" W
Duxbury Woods is an area of woodland and parkland situated in Chorley, Lancashire, at the foot of the West Pennine Moors. The area originally existed as a township with the council meeting at the Yarrow Bridge pub; this was absorbed into Chorley Rur…
Dunham Massey railway station was a station in England, serving the village of that name between 1854 and closure in 1962.
Doffcocker is a mostly residential district of Bolton, Greater Manchester, lying about 3½ miles from the town centre on the northwest edge of the suburbs on the lower south facing slopes of the West Pennine Moors.
Ditton Junction is on the London and North Western Railway near Widnes. This complex junction had eight running lines and associated signal gantries. On 17 September 1912 the 17:30 Chester to Liverpool express was signalled to cross from the fast to…
Crow Nest Junction is a railway junction in North West England. Here, the line which runs east from Hindley railway station divides in two.
The County Borough of Wigan was, from 1889 to 1974, a local government district centred on Wigan in the northwest of England.
Collins Green railway station was a railway station in Burtonwood, Warrington England, which was in operation between 1830 and 1951.
The Church of St James the Great is in Church Road in the former mining community of Haydock, now part of the Metropolitan Borough of St. Helens, Merseyside, in the North-west of England (postcode WA11 0NJ).
Christ Church a former Anglican parish church, is a redundant church in Weston Point, Runcorn, Cheshire, England.
Christ Church is in Blackburn Road, Walmsley, Egerton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the deanery of Walmsley, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester.
Chowbent Chapel is an active Unitarian place of worship in Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It was built in 1721 and is the oldest place of worship in the town. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, t…
Chisnall Hall Colliery was a colliery in Coppull in Lancashire, England. It was the largest coal mine on the Lancashire Coalfield north of Wigan. The colliery on Coppull Moor was owned by Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Company in 1896 when it emp…
Chequerbent railway station was a railway station in Westhoughton to the south-west of Bolton, Greater Manchester, on the line between Bolton and Leigh; it was open between 1885 and 1952, and replaced an earlier station open between 1831 and 1885.
The Catholic Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith is located on Liverpool Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England.
Cansfield High School previously known as Ashton-in-Makerfield Secondary Modern, is a secondary school in the United Kingdom. It is a coed school with students between the ages of 11 and 16. The school is located in the Ashton in Makerfield area of …
Borsdane Wood is an Ancient Semi Natural Woodland in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is believed to have been continuous woodland cover since before 1600 AD and is composed of nat…
Black Brook in Lancashire has its source at Great Hill in the West Pennine Moors. The water is acidic due to a high level of peat in the uplands near to Round Loaf, giving the brook its brown colour. The young river was known as Warth Brook in olden…
Bispham Green is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. Bispham is the civil parish containing the village.