Wigan

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settlement town

Wigan is a large town in North West England known historically for its coal mining and cotton industries and today for its rugby league and football clubs.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Metropolitan Borough of Wigan	1
Wigan North Western	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Wigan Central ward ⓘ Wigan West ward ⓘ
category	Mining communities in England ⓘ Towns in England ⓘ Towns in Greater Manchester ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalAssociation	George Orwell ⓘ
dialingCode	01942 ⓘ
governingBody	Wigan Council ⓘ surface form: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
gridReference	SD5805 ⓘ
hasCulturalWork	The Road to Wigan Pier ⓘ
hasFootballClub	Wigan Athletic F.C. ⓘ
hasLandmark	DW Stadium ⓘ Trencherfield Mill ⓘ Wigan Pier ⓘ
hasRugbyLeagueClub	Wigan Warriors ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Wigan Athletic F.C. ⓘ Wigan Warriors ⓘ
hasStatus	large town ⓘ
historicalCounty	Lancashire ⓘ
knownFor	association football ⓘ coal mining industry ⓘ cotton industry ⓘ rugby league ⓘ
latitude	53.544 ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ surface form: Wigan Urban Area
locatedInCounty	Greater Manchester ⓘ
locatedInRegion	North West England ⓘ
locatedNear	Liverpool ⓘ Manchester ⓘ
longitude	-2.631 ⓘ
partOf	Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ⓘ
postalCodeArea	WN ⓘ
region	Manchester urban area ⓘ surface form: Greater Manchester Urban Area
river	River Douglas ⓘ
timeZone	Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	British Summer Time ⓘ
traditionalIndustry	coal mining ⓘ cotton spinning ⓘ textile manufacturing ⓘ
transportFacility	Wigan North Western railway station ⓘ Wigan Wallgate railway station ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Standish → administrativeDistrict → Wigan ⓘ

Wigan Athletic F.C. → basedIn → Wigan ⓘ

Trafford → borderedBy → Wigan ⓘ

Wigan Athletic F.C. → city → Wigan ⓘ

Manchester Victoria → connectsTo → Wigan ⓘ

A49 road → connectsTown → Wigan ⓘ

Greater Manchester → contains → Wigan ⓘ

River Douglas (via Manchester Ship Canal system context) → flowsThrough → Wigan ⓘ

subject surface form: River Douglas

this entity surface form: Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

River Douglas (via Manchester Ship Canal system context) → flowsThrough → Wigan ⓘ

subject surface form: River Douglas

Manchester urban area → hasMajorSettlement → Wigan ⓘ

Parbold → hasPostTown → Wigan ⓘ

Standish → hasPostTown → Wigan ⓘ

Greater Manchester commuter belt → hasPrimaryCommutingDestination → Wigan ⓘ

Liverpool Lime Street → hasServiceTo → Wigan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wigan North Western

Greater Manchester commuter belt → includesTown → Wigan ⓘ

Chorley → locatedNear → Wigan ⓘ

M6 motorway (near Wigan) → locatedNear → Wigan ⓘ

M58 motorway → near → Wigan ⓘ

St Helens → near → Wigan ⓘ

Standish → near → Wigan ⓘ

Parbold → nearbyTown → Wigan ⓘ

Manchester–Southport railway (near Wigan) → passesNear → Wigan ⓘ

subject surface form: Manchester–Southport railway

M6 motorway → passesNearCity → Wigan ⓘ

Leeds and Liverpool Canal → passesThrough → Wigan ⓘ

Atherton line → regionServed → Wigan ⓘ

Manchester–Southport railway (near Wigan) → serves → Wigan ⓘ

subject surface form: Manchester–Southport railway

Angers → twinCity → Wigan ⓘ