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Mesnes Park (English: (Mains) is a Victorian public park dating from 1878 in Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK. The elongated 12 hectares (30 acres) park lies to the north-west of Wigan town centre with its main entrance at the junction of Bridgeman Terrace and Mesnes Park Terrace. It comprises formal flower beds in grass lawns, a pool, children's playgrounds, mini golf, sports grounds and a café. It has recently undergone a multi-million pound restoration after receiving a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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University Technical College Wigan
University Technical College Wigan (or Wigan UTC) was a university technical college (UTC) sixth form that opened in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England in September 2013.
Wigan UTC specialised in process engineering and environmental technologies, and was located in the historic O & C Rushton Warehouse building in Wigan town centre. Sponsors of the UTC included the University of Central Lancashire and Wigan & Leigh College.
Wigan UTC had an initial intake of students aged 14 and 16 (academic years 10 and 12) in 2013, however from 2015 the college stopped enrolling under 16's and only offered a sixth form provision.
The college closed in July 2019 as a lack of students made it financially unviable.
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Deanery High School
The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is a Church of England voluntary aided school.
The school's campus is located near the town centre, very close to Wigan bus station and the main Royal Mail sorting office.
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Church of St Michael and All Angels, Wigan
The Church of St Michael and All Angels is an Anglican parish church on Duke Street in Swinley, an urban suburb of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It forms part of the ecclesiastical deanery of Wigan in the Diocese of Chester. The building was designed by the architect G. E. Street in the Early English Gothic style and erected between 1875 and 1878. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building.
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The Galleries (Wigan)
The Galleries was a shopping complex in the town centre of Wigan, Greater Manchester, owned by Wigan Council. It consisted of three sections: The Galleries Shopping Centre, Marketgate Shopping Centre and The Makinson Arcade. The eight-acre complex featured a combination of enclosed malls, walkways and open squares and accounted for almost a quarter of the town centre's footprint. The retail space within the complex totalled approximately 440,000 square feet (41,000 m2).