Leigh

Worth seeing in and around Leigh

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
   Leigh Sports Village

   Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, the Manchester United Women's senior team, and Manchester United's men's Under-21 and Academy teams.

   900 m · stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Leigh

   St Joseph's Church is an active Roman Catholic church in, Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. It is in the parish of St Edmund Arrowsmith.

   800 m · grade II listed building in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Mary the Virgin's Church, Leigh

   The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is a member of the Salford & Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester.

   200 m · church in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Anne's Church, Hindsford

   St Anne's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in Tyldesley Road, Hindsford, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

   3.6 km · grade II listed church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St George's Church, Tyldesley

   St George's Church is an Anglican parish church serving Tyldesley and Shakerley in Greater Manchester, England. It is part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester.

   3.7 km · grade II listed church in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St John the Baptist's Church, Atherton

   St John the Baptist's Church is in Market Place, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Salford, and diocese of Manchester.

   3.6 km · grade II listed church in Atherton, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Bents Garden Centre

   Bents is a garden, home and leisure destination in Glazebury, Warrington, England, that attracts over a million visitors annually. Established in 1937 by Alfred and Margaret Bent, it remains a family-owned and family-operated business and has evolved into one of the UK's biggest garden centres.

   2.8 km · garden, home and leisure destination in Warrington, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Christ Church, Pennington

   Christ Church is an active Anglican parish church in Pennington, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Christ Church serves the parish of Pennington in the Leigh Deanery and Salford Archdeaconry in the Diocese of Manchester.

   600 m · church in Pennington, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Pennington Flash Country Park

   Pennington Flash Country Park is a 200-hectare country park located between Lowton and Leigh in Greater Manchester, England.

   2.1 km · park in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom; surroundings of lake formed by mining subsidence frequented by birdwatchers · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St Mary's Church, Lowton

    St Mary's Church is an Anglican parish church in Newton Road, Lowton, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is in the deanery of Winwick, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.

    3.1 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Leigh

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 23 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 28 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 70 km

Stations

Leigh bus station, 100 m · Atherton Bag Lane railway station, 3.8 km · Hindley Green railway station, 3.1 km · Atherleigh railway station, 1.3 km · Howe Bridge railway station, 2.6 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Leigh

  72 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £7–10
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Leigh

  109 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £14–19
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Leigh

  120 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · £13–17
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