Higher End

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Higher End

Coordinates: 53.5233° N 2.7154° W Higher End shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD526032
Metropolitan borough	Wigan
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGAN
Postcode district	WN5
Dial code	01695
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Makerfield
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

For other places with the same name, see Billinge.

Higher End or Billinge Higher End is a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.

1 Geography and administration
2 Communal facilities
3 Transport
4 Adjacent places

[edit] Geography and administration

Billinge was in the historic county of Lancashire. After being divided into two townships, Billinge Chapel End and Billinge Higher End in the Wigan Poor Law Union, in 1872 Billinge Local Board of Health was established for the area of these two townships and two detached parts of Winstanley township (one known as Blackley Hurst and the other situated in the Carr Mill area, both lying within the area of Billinge Chapel End township).

In 1894 the area of the Local Board (together with the remaining area of Winstanley township) became Billinge Urban District and in 1927 the Urban District was renamed Billinge-and-Winstanley Urban District.

In 1974 Billinge Higher End and most of Winstanley became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, with Billinge (including the remainder of Winstanley) becoming part of St. Helens Metropolitan Borough in Merseyside.