Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

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local government district metropolitan borough

The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a local government district in Greater Manchester, England, encompassing the town of Wigan and surrounding communities under a single metropolitan authority.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan canonical 27
Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan 1
Municipal Borough of Leigh 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf local government district ⓘ
metropolitan borough ⓘ
administrativeHeadquarters Wigan ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Greater Manchester ⓘ
contains Abram ⓘ
Ashton-in-Makerfield ⓘ
Astley ⓘ
Atherton ⓘ
Billinge ⓘ
Golborne ⓘ
Golborne ⓘ
surface form: Golborne and Lowton West

Hindley ⓘ
Ince-in-Makerfield ⓘ
Leigh ⓘ
Lowton ⓘ
Orrell ⓘ
Pemberton ⓘ
Platt Bridge ⓘ
Shevington ⓘ
Standish ⓘ
Tyldesley ⓘ
Wigan ⓘ
Winstanley ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Local Government Act 1972 ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment 1974-04-01 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
formerCeremonialCounty Lancashire ⓘ
governingBody Wigan Council ⓘ
surface form: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
hasCouncilType metropolitan district council ⓘ
hasMetropolitanCounty Greater Manchester ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
partOf Greater Manchester ⓘ
region North West England ⓘ
replaced Ashton-in-Makerfield ⓘ
surface form: Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban District

Atherton Urban District ⓘ
Billinge and Winstanley Urban District ⓘ
County Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Golborne Urban District ⓘ
Hindley Urban District ⓘ
Ince-in-Makerfield Urban District ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Municipal Borough of Leigh

Standish Urban District ⓘ
Tyldesley ⓘ
surface form: Tyldesley Urban District

Wigan Rural District ⓘ
settlementType metropolitan borough ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST BST ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wigan → partOf → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Wigan → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wigan Urban Area
Standish → partOf → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
M6 motorway (near Wigan) → passesThrough → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Leigh → district → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
subject surface form: Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)
Wigan Council → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Wigan Council → governs → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Lowton → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Hag Fold → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Hindley → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
subject surface form: Hindley railway station
Ince → serves → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
subject surface form: Ince railway station
Leigh Sports Village → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Wigan Wallgate railway station → hasBorough → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
River Douglas → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Bolton → borderedBy → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan → replaced → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Municipal Borough of Leigh
Wigan Pier → region → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Trencherfield Mill → municipality → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Wigan Central ward → partOf → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Wigan West ward → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Wigan West ward → partOf → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wigan local government district
Wigan West ward → administrativeTerritoryOf → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
St Wilfrid's Church, Standish → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
WN6 → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Ashton-in-Makerfield → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Shevington → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Shevington → category → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
Owen Farrell → grewUpIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wigan area, Greater Manchester
DW Stadium → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Golborne → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Astley → locatedIn → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
Tyldesley → partOf → Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ