Wigan Pier - Reviews from across the web
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Wigan Pier Pier is situated on the banks of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Warehouses, where boats once unloaded their cargo, now hold exhibits that celebrate the town’s industrial herit... visitnorthwest.com
Wigan Pier Home Page , an authentic recreation of life in the 1900s for the people of Wigan and surrounding Lancashire. Witness the Victorian way of life – from schooldays through to work and play. You can experience life below ground at the coalface; see how the famous Lancashire pit brow lasses lived and feel the horr... wlct.org
Wigan & Wigan Pier The origin of the town's name is mysterious - there is no reference to it in the Domesday Book. During the Civil War, the town was fiercely Royalist, for which support King Charles II presented Wigan with a sword bearing the Royal Coat of Arms; it still remains part of the town's civic regalia to th... manchester2002-uk.com
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