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The name of the town has been recorded variously as Wigan in 1199, Wygayn in 1240, and Wygan in numerous historical documents. [5]The name Wigan is probably a Celtic place-name : it might be a diminutive form of Brittonic *wīg "homestead, settlement" (later Welsh gwig), plus the nominal suffix -an has also been suggested (c.f. numerous places in France named Le Vigan); the place name may ...
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.
Map of Wigan Metropolitan Borough's electoral wards. The borough is divided into 25 electoral wards, each of which elect three councillors. The present wards were adopted in 2023, following a review by the Boundary Commission, the previous review took place in 2003. Prior to 2003 the borough was divided in 24 wards.
Map of Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK with electoral wards shown. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165% Geographic limits:
Wigan is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.The town, together with the outlying townships of Pemberton, Scholes, Whelley, Worsley Mesnes, Winstanley, and Goose Green, (the former Wigan County Borough), contains 286 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.
Poolstock is a road, the name of which is used to describe the surrounding residential area of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.. Poolstock, although it has no specific boundaries, is south of the River Douglas and is situated next to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and close to Wigan Pier and Wigan town centre which is in walking distance.
Worsley Mesnes (locally / ˈ w ɜːr s l i ˈ m eɪ n z /) is a suburb (Better known as an estate) of Wigan in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. The ward population at the 2011 census was 11,974. [1]
The Urban Area includes the integrated conurbation around Wigan, (containing the contiguous areas of Ince-in-Makerfield and Wigan itself), along with the outlying areas of Standish, Abram and the West Lancashire town of Skelmersdale. The Wigan Urban Area has a total population of 175,405. [1] This is an increase of 5% on the 2001 figure of ...