Saint Helens District Merseyside England United Kingdom
53.4891409,-2.66949

Ashton-in-Makerfield

Ashton-in-Makerfield is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Wigan. As of the 2021 census, there was a population of 26,380. Historically part of Lancashire, Ashton-in-Makerfield was a township in the parish of Newton-in-Makerfield (as Newton-le-Willows was once known), Winwick and hundred of West Derby. With neighbouring Haydock, Ashton-in-Makerfield was a chapelry, but the two were split in 1845. The place has long been a centre for the manufacture of locks and hinges, and it also sits on the Lancashire Coalfield, and was a coal mining district.

Distance between:

London to Ashton-in-Makerfield 174 Miles / 281 Kms
Liverpool to Ashton-in-Makerfield 14 Miles / 23 Kms

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park Nearby

Jubilee Park

tourist attraction Nearby

Three Sisters Local Nature Reserve