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Higher Folds is a housing estate to the north-east of Leigh, in the Wigan district of Greater Manchester, England. It lies about 15 miles west of Manchester . In 2018 it had an estimated population of 2,770. [ 1 ]
The WN postcode area, also known as the Wigan postcode area, [2] is a group of eight postcode districts in North West England, within three post towns.These cover most of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester (including Wigan itself and Leigh), plus small parts of West Lancashire (including Skelmersdale) and the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside.
Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports, [5] retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards , Manchester United's Under-21 and Academy teams and Manchester United Women .
Westleigh occupies the north west portion of Leigh, covering 1,882½ statute acres. [10] The ground rises in undulations from 75 feet above sea level in the south to 150 feet in the north and northwest. The Westleigh Brook crosses the township from north to south and joins with the Hey or Pennington Brook, flowing from the west.
Leigh Grammar School existed in 1655 but its foundation is unclear. The building was next to the churchyard, [97] but the school moved to Manchester Road in 1931. Leigh Girls' Grammar School was established in 1921, [97] but both schools were abolished by the then Secretary of State for Education, Shirley Williams, in the 1976
The food is called a flapjack in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, Ireland, and Newfoundland. In other English-speaking countries, the same item is called by different names, such as cereal bar, oat bar or (in Australia and New Zealand) oat slice. In the United States and Canada, "flapjack" is a widely-known but lesser-used term for pancake.
The Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft designed by Charles H. Zimmerman for Vought during World War II. This unorthodox design consisted of a flat, somewhat disc-shaped body (resembling a flying flapjack /pancake, hence its nickname) serving as the lifting surface. [ 1 ]
Opisthoteuthis calypso or calypso flapjack octopus is a species of genus Opisthoteuthis, which are known as the cirrate octopuses. Octopuses in this genus are known as the flapjack octopuses and can be found in a variety of oceans across the world.