Bickershaw

Bickershaw

Saints James and Elizabeth, Bickershaw
Bickershaw
 Bickershaw shown within Greater Manchester
Population 1,405 (2001)
OS grid referenceSD583055
DistrictWigan
Shire countyGreater Manchester
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited 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 ParliamentWigan
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Greater Manchester

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.