Shevington

Also known as Shevington, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Shevington, Greater Manchester

Shevington is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The population of the Wigan ward called Shevington and Lower Ground had increased to 11,482 at the 2011 Census.

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Place details

Locality: Wigan
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 5,195
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.map_type: Greater Manchester
UK place.static_image_name: St Anne's Church, Shevington.JPG
UK place.static_image_caption: St Anne's Church in Shevington
UK place.official_name: Shevington
UK place.civil_parish: Shevington
UK place.metropolitan_borough: Wigan
UK place.metropolitan_county: Greater Manchester
UK place.region: North West England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Wigan
UK place.post_town: WIGAN
UK place.postcode_district: WN6
UK place.postcode_area: WN
UK place.dial_code: 01257
UK place.os_grid_reference: SD542086
UK place.population: 10,000

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Shevington
Population: 9786
Area: 681.22
Image: St Anne's Church, Shevington.JPG
Dialing code: 01257

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OS grid reference: SD542086
postal code: WN6
Commons category: Shevington
P8168: graupel

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History
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History
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Geography
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Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, Shevington lies approximately from Wigan town centre and at the 2001 census had a population of 9,786.