Bickershaw
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Bickershaw is a village, effectively a suburb of Abram, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, Bickershaw is 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southeast of Wigan.
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- Locality
- Wigan
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 826
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- Population
- 1405
- Image
- Saints James and Elizabeth, Bickershaw - geograph.org.uk - 77612.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01942
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- OS grid reference
- SD583055
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Bickershaw is a village, effectively a suburb of Abram, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, Bickershaw is 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southeast of Wigan.
The Bickershaw Festival was held here in 1972. Today the village is the location of the main entrance/access road to HMP Hindley, a juvenile prison and Young Offenders Institution mainly serving the Northwest UK, although the main building, HMP Hindley, is situated in neighbouring Hindley.
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