Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town lies midway between the cities of Manchester, 16 miles (25.7 km) to the south-east, and Liverpool, 17 miles (27 km) to the south-west. Wikipedia
Population 103,608 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 01 of daylight
- February: 9 h 50 of daylight
- March: 11 h 47 of daylight
- April: 13 h 59 of daylight
- May: 15 h 53 of daylight
- June: 17 h 01 of daylight
- July: 16 h 33 of daylight
- August: 14 h 51 of daylight
- September: 12 h 45 of daylight
- October: 10 h 39 of daylight
- November: 8 h 38 of daylight
- December: 7 h 30 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Wigan
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Wigan's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 12
- Blackpool1h
- Chester1h 04
- Liverpool1h 06
- Accrington1h 13
- Stockport1h 13
- Burnley1h 24
- Runcorn1h 24
- Huddersfield1h 29
- Altrincham1h 35
- Wrexham1h 41
2 moreFewer
2 to 3 hours· 17
3 to 5 hours· 60
- Stevenage3h
- Reading3h 01
- Nottingham3h 02
- Kingston upon Hull3h 02
- Worcester3h 04
- Durham3h 08
- Chelmsford3h 10
- Crawley3h 11
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 11
- Gloucester3h 14
50 moreFewer
- Cambridge3h 15
- Farnborough3h 16
- Windsor and Eton3h 18
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 18
- Glasgow3h 20
- Guildford3h 26
- Brighton3h 29
- Middlesbrough3h 30
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 32
- Bristol3h 33
- Edinburgh3h 34
- Winchester3h 34
- Southend-on-Sea3h 37
- Canterbury3h 38
- Peterborough3h 38
- Colchester3h 39
- Ely3h 39
- Swindon3h 39
- Oxford3h 40
- Cardiff3h 40
- Eastleigh3h 43
- Folkestone3h 43
- Sunderland3h 43
- Stirling3h 49
- Lanark3h 49
- Southampton3h 51
- Cleethorpes3h 55
- Bath3h 57
- Tewkesbury3h 57
- Stamford3h 57
- Lincoln4h
- Scarborough4h 02
- Arundel4h 04
- Greenock4h 07
- Ipswich4h 08
- Hastings4h 08
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 08
- Warminster4h 13
- Helensburgh4h 15
- Kirkcaldy4h 19
- Eastbourne4h 19
- Salisbury4h 22
- Aberystwyth4h 23
- Bournemouth4h 27
- Lille4h 28
- Swansea4h 35
- Portsmouth4h 35
- Perth4h 38
- Norwich4h 44
- Exeter4h 46
5 hours or more· 72
- Paris5h 01
- Dundee5h 02
- Brussels5h 07
- North Berwick5h 12
- Tywyn5h 24
- Saint-Cloud5h 29
- Torquay5h 35
- Kraainem5h 36
- Versailles5h 41
- Leuven5h 44
62 moreFewer
- Kortrijk5h 47
- Plymouth5h 49
- Aalst5h 52
- Mechelen5h 52
- Disneyland Paris5h 56
- Fontainebleau5h 58
- Ghent6h 02
- Charleroi6h 04
- Antwerp6h 11
- Aberdeen6h 11
- Amiens6h 12
- Calais6h 19
- Cromer6h 24
- Lier6h 25
- Ath6h 30
- Bruges6h 31
- Namur6h 32
- Rotterdam6h 34
- Liège6h 36
- Hasselt6h 37
- Sint-Niklaas6h 37
- Aviemore6h 38
- Rouen6h 42
- Schiedam6h 43
- Ypres6h 49
- Delft6h 49
- Ostend6h 56
- The Hague7h 02
- Dinant7h 08
- Breda7h 09
- Chartres7h 10
- Reims7h 16
- Dordrecht7h 16
- Inverness7h 17
- Oban7h 17
- Leiden7h 17
- Amsterdam7h 22
- Lyon7h 24
- Tilburg7h 25
- Spa7h 25
- Rennes7h 27
- Gouda7h 28
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Zaandam7h 36
- Haarlem7h 37
- Weesp7h 37
- Hilversum7h 38
- Maastricht7h 39
- Tenby7h 39
- Utrecht7h 48
- Almere7h 49
- Eindhoven7h 49
- Bussum7h 49
- Le Havre7h 50
- Metz7h 50
- Amersfoort7h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch7h 52
- Nantes7h 55
- Dieppe7h 56
- Caen7h 58
From Wigan's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 7
1 to 2 hours· 9
2 to 3 hours· 16
3 to 5 hours· 56
- Nottingham3h 02
- Llandudno3h 05
- Glasgow3h 11
- Middlesbrough3h 11
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 16
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 21
- Cheltenham3h 22
- Lincoln3h 24
- Northampton3h 26
- St Albans3h 26
46 moreFewer
- Reading3h 29
- Stamford3h 29
- Stevenage3h 30
- Scarborough3h 32
- Peterborough3h 34
- Guildford3h 35
- Sunderland3h 37
- Worcester3h 37
- Durham3h 39
- Chelmsford3h 40
- Crawley3h 41
- Gloucester3h 43
- Lanark3h 45
- Oxford3h 45
- Farnborough3h 46
- North Berwick3h 46
- Windsor and Eton3h 48
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 48
- Cambridge3h 49
- Kirkcaldy3h 50
- Stirling3h 55
- Greenock4h
- Southend-on-Sea4h
- Swindon4h 01
- Winchester4h 04
- Canterbury4h 06
- Bristol4h 08
- Colchester4h 09
- Brighton4h 10
- Helensburgh4h 11
- Ely4h 11
- Eastleigh4h 13
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 17
- Folkestone4h 18
- Southampton4h 21
- Cleethorpes4h 25
- Cardiff4h 27
- Bath4h 30
- Portsmouth4h 31
- Arundel4h 34
- Hastings4h 38
- Ipswich4h 40
- Perth4h 42
- Eastbourne4h 49
- Bournemouth4h 57
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Museum of Wigan Life Museum · 90 m
- Trencherfield Mill Attraction · 660 m
- Powell Statue Monument · 830 m
- Bridge Warehouse Attraction · 640 m
- John Bull Chop House Building · 150 m
- Drumcroon Gallery Gallery · 620 m
- George Formby Plaque Memorial · 640 m
- Dr Muriel Haigh Memorial · 680 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Wigan Diggers Festival
September
Wigan Diggers Festival is a music festival and market held in mid-Sep to celebrate the 17th-century "Diggers", the radical socialist land reformers led by Gerrard Winstanley
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Wigan); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 25 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Wigan North Western 260 m
- Wigan Wallgate 280 m
- Wigan Bus Station 380 m
- Ince 1.3 km
- Pemberton 3.1 km
- Hall Drive 3.2 km
More train stations: Walker Gardens 3.4 km, Hindley 3.7 km, Gathurst 4.5 km, Bryn 5.2 km, Orrell 5.5 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.