Wingates
Wingates is a small settlement located in the town of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.
Wingates is a small settlement located in the town of Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The name is believed to mean 'a gate for the wind', and it seems likely as this is in an exposed position above Westhoughton. It has also been known as Win-yate and Windyates. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies mainly along the A6 road between Blackrod and Walkden.
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Getting to Wingates
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 28 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 33 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 66 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Wingates52 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £6–9
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Wingates56 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Wingates127 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £13–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Wingates
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 Wingates. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextManchester is an unmissable lively city, an easy day trip from Bolton.
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Next door to Wingates
Wingates is 21 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.