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 Wigan is a large town in the north-west
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Wigan -
Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak
to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0871
200 22 33. |
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Wigan - Travel
by road - Wigan is about 2 miles NE of
Junction 26 of the M6 Motorway. The M6 Motorway travels north
- south and connects to the M1 at Rugby then on to Carlisle.
The M6 Toll is north of Walsall and Sutton Coldfield and bypasses
the M6 the areas around Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Wigan is about
105 miles from Carlisle and 120 miles from Rugby. |
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Wigan - Travel
by road - Wigan is about 2 miles NE of
the intersection of the M 58 Motorway and the M 6 Motorway. The
M 58 Motorway links Wigan to Liverpool. Wigan is about 25 miles from
Liverpool. |
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Wigan - Travel
by road - Wigan is about 6 miles SW of
Junction 6 of the M 61 Motorway. The M 61 Motorway links Preston
to Manchester. Wigan is about 20 miles from Manchester and 20 miles from
Preston. |
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Wigan - Travel
by train - Wigan North Western, Wallgate,
Wigan, Lancashire, WN1 1BJ. CCTV. Ticket office. Waiting room.
Refreshment facilities. Pay phone. Shops. Toilets. Wheelchair
accessible toilets. Whole station step free access. Taxi rank. |
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Wigan is 10 miles north of Warrington
& 5 miles east of Skelmersdale |
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Wigan
- Sport - Wigan has an international-
standard swimming pool in the town centre. Wigan Athletic play
their football at the JJB Stadium, shared with Wigan Warriors
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Wigan -
Shopping - Wigan Town Centre offers a
superb choice of shops and many of the biggest names in High
Street Shopping, The new Grand Arcade Shopping Centre opens in
Spring 2007. Marks & Spencer, 11 Standishgate, Wigan, Manchester, WN1 1UF. Tel: 01942 825325. British Home Store Wigan - 22-26 Standishgate, Greater Manchester, WN1 1UE, Tel: 0845 8410297. |
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Wigan
- Entertainment and attractions - The
Way We Were museum is an interactive exhibition showing life
in Wigan in the year 1900. Wigan
Little Theatre, Crompton Street, Wigan,
Lancashire, WN1 3SL. Tel: (01942) 242561. |
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Wigan
- Other information - Wigan Pier, Wallgate,
Wigan, WN3 4EU. Tel: 01942 323666. |
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Airports indicated are Liverpool John Lennon,
Manchester and Leeds Bradford International.
Ferry Port indicated is Liverpool. Wigan is about 2 miles NE of Junction 26 of the
M6 Motorway. |
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Attractions (see details below)
Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). There
is a station in Wigan. |
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- Reebok Stadium/Museum, Burnden Way, Middlebrook Leisure &
Retail Park, Bolton BL6 6JW - Tel: 01204 673670. bwfc.co.uk.
- Bramall Hall, Bramhall Park, Bramhall, Stockport SK7 3NX. bramhallweb.co.uk.
- The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 3AZ. Tel:
0161-876 2000.
- HOLLINGWORTH LAKE COUNTRY PARK, Rakewood Road, Littleborough,
OL15 0AQ. Tel: Visitor Centre: 01706 373421
- East Lancashire Light Railway, Bolton Street Station, Bolton
Street, Bury BL9 0EY - Tel : 0161-764 7790. east-lancs-rly.co.uk.