Ashton-in-Makerfield

E223754
town

Ashton-in-Makerfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England, historically part of Lancashire and known for its coal mining and industrial heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ashton-in-Makerfield canonical 5
Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban District 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeDistrict Wigan ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Greater Manchester ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
governedBy Wigan Council ⓘ
surface form: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
hasDialCode 01942 ⓘ
hasFeature former coal pits ⓘ
light industrial estates ⓘ
hasIndustrialHeritage coal mining ⓘ
manufacturing industry ⓘ
hasNeighbourhood Bryn ⓘ
Garswood (adjacent village) ⓘ
Stubshaw Cross ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea WN ⓘ
hasPostTown Wigan ⓘ
surface form: WIGAN
hasPrimaryIndustryHistorically coal mining ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Church ⓘ
St Thomas’ Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield ⓘ
hasSportsClub Ashton Bears ARLFC ⓘ
Ashton Town A.F.C. ⓘ
hasTransport local bus services ⓘ
hasType settlement ⓘ
historicalCounty Lancashire ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor coal mining ⓘ
industrial heritage ⓘ
isPartOf historic county of Lancashire ⓘ
lieutenancyArea Greater Manchester ⓘ
locatedIn Greater Manchester ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
locatedNear Bryn ⓘ
Haydock ⓘ
St Helens ⓘ
Wigan ⓘ
nearMotorway M6 motorway ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime British Summer Time ⓘ
OSGridReference SJ 580 000 (approximate) ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Makerfield ⓘ
partOf Wigan ⓘ
surface form: Wigan urban area
region North West England ⓘ
roadServedBy A49 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
A58 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

M6 motorway (near Wigan) → passesNear → Ashton-in-Makerfield ⓘ
Wigan Council → governs → Ashton-in-Makerfield ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan → contains → Ashton-in-Makerfield ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan → replaced → Ashton-in-Makerfield ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban District
Lancashire coalfield → hasMiningTown → Ashton-in-Makerfield ⓘ
Golborne → hasNeighbouringSettlement → Ashton-in-Makerfield ⓘ