The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest town, Wigan but covers a far...
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the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town has a population of 107,732 and the wider borough of 330,714. Wigan is part...
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Wigan Council, or Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It is...
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each time. Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Wigan Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Wigan in Greater...
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list of people from Wigan, in North West England. The demonym of Wigan is Wiganer; however, this list may include people from the wider Metropolitan Borough...
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The coat of arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council was granted by the College of Arms in 1974. The field of the arms consists of alternating gold...
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1918–1983: The County Borough of Wigan In 1974 the Country Borough of Wigan was abolished and superseded by the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, covering a far...
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the administrative county of Lancashire, and the County Borough of Bolton. The metropolitan districts of Bury, Salford and Wigan lie to the east, south and...
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newly created local authorities: the Borough of Warrington and the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. The portion of the rail route that was acquired by Warrington...
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Ashton-in-Makerfield (category Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Wigan. As of the 2021 census, there was a population of 26,380...
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WN postcode area (category Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
cover most of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester (including Wigan itself and Leigh), plus small parts of West Lancashire (including Skelmersdale)...
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Leigh and Atherton (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024)
is composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan (as they existed on 1 December 2020): Atherleigh (except part of polling district...
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Worsley and Eccles (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024)
the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan comprised most of the Astley ward and a small part of the Tyldesley & Mosley Common ward. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary...
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demise of Wigan A.F.C., Wigan County, Wigan United, Wigan Town and Wigan Borough. The town's die-hard football enthusiasts planned the rebirth of a town...
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Golborne (redirect from Golborne, Wigan)
the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southeast of Wigan, 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Warrington...
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Charlie Hughes (footballer, born 2003) (category Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
a youth product of Manchester City and Liverpool, and moved to the youth academy of Wigan Athletic in 2017 as a U14. He was captain of their U18 side in...
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Atherton, Greater Manchester (category Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
Atherton (/ˈæðərtən/) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England and historically part of Lancashire. The town, including...
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Makerfield (UK Parliament constituency) (category Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
Borough of Wigan wards of Abram, Ashton-Golborne, Bryn, Lightshaw, Orrell, Winstanley, and Worsley Mesnes. 1997–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan wards...
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Standish, Greater Manchester (redirect from Standish, Wigan)
is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is on...
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distribution is around the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. It is published on Fridays. It was founded in the 1950s as a subdivision of the Lancashire Evening...
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Leigh, Greater Manchester (category Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. Within the boundaries of the historic county of...
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organisation in Aspull, Wigan Borough, England. It hosts the Aspull Olympic Wrestling Club. Founded in 1948 by Billy Riley in the town of Wigan, it was originally...
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Hindley, Greater Manchester (redirect from Hindley, Wigan)
town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It is three miles (4.8 km) east of Wigan and covers an area of 2,580 acres (1...
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Fred Longworth High School (category Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
coordinate with Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council for admissions. Fred Longworth High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils...
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Manchester to form part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. Vision of Britain Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine - Wigan CP (historic map Archived...
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Winstanley College (category Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
is a sixth-form college in the Billinge Higher End area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. In the academic year 2021-22 it had...
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Community Action Party (category Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
number of councillors in Wigan Borough to five. They slowly expanded outside the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan into the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens...
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Mick Burke (mountaineer) (category People from Wigan)
pursuits and pioneering activities for young people from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and surrounding districts In the years immediately after his...
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Higher End (redirect from Billinge near Wigan)
area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Billinge was a civil parish lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire...
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Wigan Pier is an area around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, south-west of the town centre. The name has humorous...
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