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Wigan / Reino Unido

Wigan es una ciudad del noroeste de Inglaterra, en el condado metropolitano del Gran Mánchester. Tradicionalmente, y en cuestiones de correo postal, está aún en el condado histórico y geográfico de Lancashire. Es la mayor ciudad del Distrito Metropolitano de Wigan, con una población de 90.000 habitantes. La ciudad más próxima es Bolton y otras poblaciones lindantes son St Helens y Warrington. Wigan es equidistante con Preston, Liverpool y Mánchester.

Museum of Wigan Life

Wigan / Reino Unido

The Museum of Wigan Life is a public museum and local history resource centre in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The nineteenth-century listed building is by the noted architect Alfred Waterhouse. It originally housed Wigan Library, where George Orwell researched his book The Road to Wigan Pier in 1936.The museum works with other museums in Greater Manchester as part of the Greater Manchester Museums Group .

Haigh Hall

Wigan / Reino Unido

Haigh Hall is a historic country house in Haigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built between 1827 and 1840 for James Lindsay, 7th Earl of Balcarres, it replaced an ancient manor house and was the Lindsay family's home until 1947, when it was sold to Wigan Corporation. The hall is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building and is owned by Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.