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Worth seeing in and around Hindley

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Wigan and Leigh College

    Wigan & Leigh College is a state further and higher education college based at five locations in the towns of Wigan and Leigh in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Currently, there are 500 staff members employed, and more than 8,000 students enrolled in full-time or part-time courses.

    3.9 km · college in Wigan, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St John's Church, Wigan

    St John's Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Standishgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is within 200 feet of another Catholic church, St Mary's.

    3.4 km · church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St James' Church, Poolstock

    St James' Church is in the Poolstock district of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Wigan & West Lancashire, and the diocese of Liverpool.

    3.6 km · church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield

    Christ Church is in Ince Green Lane, Lower Ince, Ince-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.

    2 km · church in Ince-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Catharine's Church, Scholes

    St Catharine's Church is in Lorne Street, Scholes, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool.

    2.6 km · grade II listed church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Mary's Church, Wigan

    St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Standishgate area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1818 and is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.5 km · church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Central Park

    Central Park was a rugby league stadium in Wigan, England, which was the home of Wigan RLFC before the club moved to the JJB Stadium in 1999. Its final capacity was 18,000.

    3.4 km · rugby league stadium in Wigan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St John the Evangelist's Church, Abram

    St John the Evangelist's Church is on Warrington Road in Abram, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.

    2.7 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    All Saints' Church, Wigan

    All Saints' Church in Wallgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, is an Anglican parish church. It is in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and St.Helens, the Diocese of Liverpool.

    3.6 km · church in Wallgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Bryn Hall

    Bryn Hall, also called Brynne Hall, is situated in Bryn Park, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester.

    3.6 km · historic site in Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hindley

Airports
Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 28 km · Manchester (MAN), 29 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 71 km
Stations
Wigan North Western railway station, 3.4 km · Wigan Wallgate railway station, 3.6 km · Hindley railway station, 1.2 km · Ince railway station, 2 km · Amberswood railway station, 500 m
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Hindley
    74 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £8–10
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hindley
    115 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £14–19
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Hindley
    126 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £13–17
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hindley

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hindley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextManchester is an unmissable lively city, an easy day trip from Bolton.

From Wikivoyage: Bolton, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    281 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    298 km
  3. 03
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    316 km
  4. 04
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    328 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    342 km

If you know how people move in Hindley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Hindley

Hindley is 24 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Wigantown in Greater Manchester, England3.4 km
  • Westhoughtontown in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England3.9 km
  • Ince-in-Makerfieldtown in Greater Manchester, England, UK1.3 km
  • Abramvillage in Greater Manchester, England, UK2.8 km
  • Bickershawvillage in Greater Manchester, England, UK2.8 km
  • Bamfurlongvillage in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom3.3 km