Church of St Wilfrid

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The Church of St Wilfrid is in Market Place, Standish, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as "one of the most interesting churches in Lancashire". ()

Architectural style: English gothicCoordinates: 53°35'14"N, 2°39'41"W

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Church of St Wilfrid – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: DW Stadium, Camelot Theme Park, Grand Arcade, The Galleries.

2.7 miS
Sport venue, Sport complex, Football
DW Stadium, Wigan
70 min walk • The DW Stadium is a stadium in Robin Park, in Wigan, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The ground is owned and managed by Wigan Football Company Limited, which is 85% owned by Wigan Athletic and 15% owned by Wigan local authority.
3.6 miNW
Amusement, Amusement park
Camelot Theme Park, Chorley
93 min walk • Camelot Theme Park was a resort and theme park located in the English county of Lancashire. The park's theme was the well-known legend of Camelot, and the park decor incorporated pseudo-medieval elements.
3.1 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Grand Arcade, Wigan
80 min walk • The Grand Arcade is a shopping centre in the town centre of Wigan, England. Built in 2007, it consists of 39 retailers with a total annual footfall of 6.3 million people. It currently extends to 439,000 sq ft, with units varying in size. The centre is owned and operated by RDI REIT, a property investment business.
3 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Galleries, Wigan
76 min walk • The Galleries is a shopping complex in the town centre of Wigan, Greater Manchester owned by Wigan Council. It is divided into three sections formed from three formally independent schemes: The Galeries Shopping Centre, Marketgate Shopping Centre and The Makinson Arcade.
3.4 miNE
Golf
Duxbury Woods, Chorley
87 min walk • Duxbury Woods is an area of woodland and parkland situated in Chorley, Lancashire, at the foot of the West Pennine Moors. The area originally existed as a township with the council meeting at the Yarrow Bridge pub; this was absorbed into Chorley Rural District in the early 20th century.
2.6 miSE
Park
Mesnes Park, Wigan
67 min walk • Mesnes Park park lies to the north-west of Wigan town centre with its main entrance at the junction of Bridgeman Terrace and Mesnes Park Terrace.
1.2 miE
Lake
Worthington Lakes, Wigan
30 min walk • Worthington Lakes is a series of three reservoirs in Lancashire close to nearby Standish, off the A5106 Wigan to Chorley road in the north-west of England.
2.4 miSE
Manor house, Park
Haigh Hall, Wigan
61 min walk • Haigh Hall is a historic country house in Haigh, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built between 1827 and 1840 for James Lindsay, 7th Earl of Balcarres, it replaced an ancient manor house and was a Lindsay family home until 1947, when it was sold to Wigan Corporation.
3.1 miNW
Church
St James the Great Church
79 min walk • St James the Great Church is in Church Lane, to the west of Wrightington in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
2.8 miE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St David's Church, Wigan
71 min walk • St David's Church is in Copperas Lane, Haigh, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.
2.9 miSE
Church, Romanesque architecture
St John's Church, Wigan
76 min walk • St John's Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Standishgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is within 200 feet of another Catholic church, St Mary's.

Church of St Wilfrid

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Church of St Wilfrid – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)