Horwich

E35592
town

Horwich is a town in Greater Manchester, England, historically notable as a major railway engineering and locomotive works centre.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
adjacentSettlement Adlington ⓘ
Blackrod ⓘ
Lostock ⓘ
Rivington ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Greater Manchester ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dialCode 01204 ⓘ
distanceFromBolton about 5 miles northwest of Bolton ⓘ
distanceFromManchester about 20 miles northwest of Manchester city centre ⓘ
footballStadium Gtech Community Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Toughsheet Community Stadium
footballStadiumFormerName Macron Stadium ⓘ
Reebok Stadium ⓘ
formerRailwayOperator Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ
governingBody Bolton Council ⓘ
surface form: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
hasEvent Horwich Festival of Racing ⓘ
hasFootballClub Bolton Wanderers F.C. ⓘ
hasLandmark Horwich Works ⓘ
hasLeisureFacility Horwich Leisure Centre ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Horwich Parkway railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Holy Trinity Church, Horwich ⓘ
St Catherine’s Church, Horwich ⓘ
hasSecondarySchool Rivington and Blackrod High School ⓘ
St Joseph’s RC High School and Sports College ⓘ
hasShoppingArea Middlebrook Retail and Leisure Park ⓘ
historicalIndustry coal mining ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
historicCounty Lancashire ⓘ
laterRailwayOperator British Rail ⓘ
surface form: British Railways

London, Midland and Scottish Railway ⓘ
localRiver Pearl Brook ⓘ
River Douglas ⓘ
locatedIn Greater Manchester ⓘ
locatedOn western edge of West Pennine Moors ⓘ
metropolitanBorough Bolton ⓘ
nearbyMotorway M61 motorway ⓘ
nearCountryPark Rivington Country Park ⓘ
nearHill Rivington Pike ⓘ
notableFor locomotive works ⓘ
railway engineering ⓘ
OSGridReference SD635115 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Bolton West ⓘ
postcodeDistrict BL6 ⓘ
postTown Bolton ⓘ
surface form: BOLTON
railwayWorksClosed 1980s ⓘ
railwayWorksOpened 1880s ⓘ
region North West England ⓘ
timezone GMT ⓘ
timezoneDST BST ⓘ

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Horwich Works → associatedWith → Horwich ⓘ
Horwich Works → locatedIn → Horwich ⓘ