Entrance to Leigh on the A578

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Entrance to Leigh on the A578

Image: © David Long Taken: 19 Dec 2008

Leigh, subsiumed into Wigan in the 1974 boundaries revision, was the first township in the Wigan Metropolitan Borough to receive its pictorial sign proclaiming its presence, and its separateness from Wigan.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.512723
Longitude
-2.543585