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Discover Leigh in United Kingdom

Leigh in the region of England with its 43,626 habitants is a town located in United Kingdom - some 169 mi or ( 273 km ) North-West of London , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Leigh

Local time in Leigh is now 07:55 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Winwick, Wigan, Warrington, Sheffield, and Oxford. When in this area, you might want to check out Winwick . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Leigh ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Tyldesley Friday Night

1:00 min by gameon72
Views: 5155 Rating: 2.60

Uptown Tyldesley @ closing time. Straight people are wierd. ..

Desire HD running RCMix Bliss V1.3 Sense 3.5 ROM

9:42 min by Lee Tucker
Views: 2962 Rating: 5.00

I know I know I know... I said the next video would be a beginners guide to Rooting and ROMing your Desire HD. But I had to post this first. Sense 3.5 hits the DHD with some GREAT work from the RC Tea ..


Wigan and Leigh College colarge! The best bits.

2:55 min by KeekoHearts
Views: 1846 Rating: 4.00

Wigan and Leigh College colarge! The best bits. Music by Motion City Soundtrack @ www.motioncitysoundtrack.com ..

armed forces day parade 2010.mp4

2:35 min by bignosbig
Views: 1353 Rating: 5.00

Armed Forces Day Parade. Leigh. Lancashire. 2010. Please watch in HD if you can. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

A572 road

The A572 is a main road serving the Greater Manchester and Merseyside areas, running from Swinton to St Helens via Leigh and Newton-le-Willows.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 53.49 -2.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Roads in England, Roads in Greater Manchester, Transport in Merseyside

Leigh Sports Village

Leigh Sports Village is a £50 million multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Leigh Sports Village plays host to three of the town's sporting clubs. Amateur rugby league club, Leigh East and amateur athletics club, Leigh Harriers occupy dedicated facilities on the site. Leigh Centurions Rugby League club is resident at the 11,000 seater with standing terraces in the Tommy Sale Stand.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 53.49 -2.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Wigan, Football venues in England, Rugby league stadiums in England, Sport in Wigan, Sports venues in Greater Manchester

Pennington railway station

Pennington Station was a railway station at Pennington, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England on the Bolton and Leigh Railway. It was situated within the historic county of Lancashire. The station opened as Bradshaw Leach on the Kenyon and Leigh Railway in 1831 and Pennington Station closed in 1954. The line serving Leigh was closed in 1969.

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Located at 53.48 -2.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Disused railway stations in Wigan, Former London and North Western Railway stations, History of Wigan, Railway stations closed in 1954, Railway stations opened in 1831

Glaze Brook

The Glaze Brook, or River Glaze, is a minor river in Greater Manchester, England. The Glaze Brook drains a large area around Leigh and is formed at the outflow of Pennington Flash {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:53.4849|-2.5354|region:GB|||||| | |name= }} close to Aspull Common. Pennington Flash is fed by Hey Brook, a continuation of Nan Holes Brook, which runs eastwards from Ashton-in-Makerfield.

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Located at 53.48 -2.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Rivers of Greater Manchester

Municipal Borough of Leigh

The Municipal Borough of Leigh was, from 1899 to 1974, a local government district of the administrative county of Lancashire, England, consisting of the townships of Pennington, Westleigh, Bedford and part of the township of Atherton and named after the ancient ecclesiastcal parish. The area contained the market town town of Leigh that served as its administrative centre until its dissolution in 1974. The borough council built Leigh Town Hall which was completed in 1907.

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Located at 53.50 -2.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894, Local government in Wigan, Municipal boroughs of England

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