Winstanley is an area of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...
, England.
Historically
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in
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancas ...
, 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
Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the north-east and Warrington ...
,
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...
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 B ...
. 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
The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It is located entirely within England, running for just over from the Midlands to the border with Scotland. It begins at Junction 19 of the M1 and the western end of the A14 at ...
.
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
Winstanley College is a sixth-form college in the Billinge Higher End area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester.
Admissions
In the academic year 2022-23 it had approx 2300 full-time students. The catchment area spreads across ...
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Hawkley Hall High School
Adjacent places
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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
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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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