IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Library Street, WIGAN, WN1 9SZ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Library Street, WN1 9SZ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (558 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
1
Wigan Town Hall
No longer the seat of local government, which is now next door.
Image: © philandju
Taken: 12 Nov 2013
0.01 miles
2
Wigan Town Hall, Hewlett Street entrance
'College Hall' is a reminder that this was originally the Wigan Mining and Technical College. Doorway in neo-Baroque style with Art Nouveau influences. Listed Grade II, see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516702 for information and location.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 13 Jun 2023
0.01 miles
3
Miners' Memorial, College Avenue, Wigan
A mining family in typical 19th century dress, outside the former mining college (now town hall). Women worked at the pit head sorting stone from coal.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 13 Jun 2023
0.02 miles
4
Former Wigan Mining and Technical College (now town hall) – entrance detail
Part of the elaborate faïence and mosaic decoration of the entrance porch https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516676 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516674 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516671 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516670. The granite plaque id dated 1900 although the building was not opened until 1903. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516702 for location.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 13 Jun 2023
0.02 miles
5
Former Wigan Mining and Technical College (now town hall) – entrance detail
Part of the elaborate faïence and mosaic decoration of the entrance porch https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516676 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516674 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516671https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516669. This shows the fine stained glass George and Dragon artwork above the main entrance. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516702 for location.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 13 Jun 2023
0.02 miles
6
Former Wigan Mining and Technical College (now town hall) – entrance detail
Part of the elaborate faïence and mosaic decoration of the entrance porch https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516676 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516674 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516670 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516669. This shows the mosaic work of the ceiling. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516702 for location.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 13 Jun 2023
0.02 miles
7
Former Wigan Mining and Technical College (now town hall) – entrance detail
Part of the elaborate faïence and mosaic decoration of the entrance porch https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516676 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516671 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516670 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516669. The granite plaque refers to the fact that the building was conceived as a diamond jubilee memorial to Queen Victoria in 1897 although it was not completed until 1903. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516702 for location.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 13 Jun 2023
0.02 miles
8
Former Wigan Mining and Technical College (now town hall) – entrance detail
Part of the elaborate faïence and mosaic decoration of the entrance porch https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516674 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516671 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516670 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516669. The granite plaque refers to the fact that the building was conceived as a diamond jubilee memorial to Queen Victoria in 1897 although it was not completed until 1903. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516702 for location.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 13 Jun 2023
0.02 miles
9
Former Wigan Mining and Technical College (now town hall) – entrance detail
One of the pair of elaborate wrought iron entrance gates in Art Nouveau style. Dated 1902 although the college did not open until the following year. Listed Grade II. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7516702 for location.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 13 Jun 2023
0.02 miles
10
Wigan Town Hall
An impressive example of architectural terracotta. Opened in 1903 as the Wigan and District Mining and Technical College, designed by Briggs and Wolstenholme of Blackburn and Liverpool with much detailing in Art Nouveau style, Listed Grade II . By 1990, as Wigan Technical College, it had outgrown these premises and was adapted to become the Town Hall, replacing equally outgrown buildings.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 13 Jun 2023
0.02 miles