Bickershaw
Bickershaw | |
Saints James and Elizabeth, Bickershaw |
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Bickershaw |
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Population | 1,405 (2001) |
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OS grid reference | SD583055 |
District | Wigan |
Shire county | Greater Manchester |
Region | North West |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Wigan |
Postcode district | WN2 |
Dialling code | 01942 |
Police | Greater Manchester |
Fire | Greater Manchester |
Ambulance | North West |
EU Parliament | North West England |
UK Parliament | Wigan |
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Coordinates: 53°30′44″N 2°33′40″W / 53.512275°N 2.561102°W
Bickershaw is a village, effectively a suburb of Abram, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Bickershaw is 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southeast of Wigan.
Bickershaw was home to the Bickershaw Festival in 1972.
Today the village is the location of HMP Hindley, a juvenile prison and Young Offenders Institution serving the Greater Manchester area.