Worthington, Greater Manchester

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Worthington

Coordinates: 53.5868° N 2.666° W Worthington shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD560102
Metropolitan borough	Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Wigan
Postcode district	WN6
Dial code	01257
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Wigan
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

For other uses, see Worthington.

Worthington is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, about four miles north of Wigan. The parish is very sparsely populated (population of 135 according to the 2001 census), and apparently does not have an active parish council or parish meeting.^[1]

It used to have a dyeworks and a colliery. It comes under Standish and its local Anglican church is St Wilfreds. It is also the home of Worthington Hall.