Winstanley is an area of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in
Greater Manchester, England.
Historically
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
in
Lancashire, the area is now a residential suburb, and has a total population of 15,849, reducing at the 2011 census to 11,264.
Transport
Train services to
Wigan,
Manchester and
Kirkby are available at the nearby
Pemberton railway station
Pemberton railway station serves the Pemberton area of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Kirkby branch line from Wigan Wallgate.
The station was opened on 20 November 1848 by the Liverpool and Bury Railway. It on the A571 Bil ...
. The main road in the Winstanley area is the
A571 (St.Helens to Wigan). Nearby is the
A49, which gives access to the
M6 motorway.
Local schools
*Highfield St. Matthew's CofE Primary School
*Marus Bridge Primary School
*St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wigan
*Winstanley Community Primary School
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Winstanley College
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Hawkley Hall High School
Hawkley Hall High School is a co-educational, non-selective secondary school with Academy (English school), academy status located in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, Specialist school, specialising in Engineering College (English specialist ...
Adjacent places
*
Billinge 'Chapel End'
*Billinge '
Higher End
Higher End or Billinge Higher End is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
Governance
Billinge was a civil parish lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire on 2 February 1837 it was divided ...
'
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Orrell Orrell may refer to:
*Orrell, Greater Manchester, a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
**Orrell (ward), an electoral ward of the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
*Orrell, Merseyside, an urban area east of Bootle, in the Metropolitan Bo ...
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Pemberton
See also
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Listed buildings in Billinge and Winstanley
Billinge and Winstanley is an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The area, which consists of small settlements and surrounding countryside, includes eleven listed buildings that are recorded in the National ...
References
External links
Historic images of Winstanley
Areas of Wigan
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