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The junction of the main line of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal with the Leigh Branch, south of Wigan.
©Martin Clark
Dist:0.2km<br/>Though poorly cared for in recent years the potential for this building is apparent.
©David Long
Dist:0.2km<br/>Counted as worthless, the building would have been swept away under the Westwood Park Development had it not been granted Listed status last year. This rear view probably shows the development of the building, as it grew from its humble beginnings (left wing).
©David Long
Dist:0.2km<br/>Twin office blocks built for the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan carry the words of its Motto.
©David Long
Dist:0.3km<br/>The proposed main player in the future development of Westwood Park, the site of the former Westwood Power Station is Chinese. Plans include a Buddhist Temple. Hi-tech industries are anticipated....
©David Long
Dist:0.3km<br/>On the West Coast Main Line. Wigan's Parish Church, All Saints,is in the centre at the back, with the Accrington brick Town Hall, formerly the Mining College, to its right. The new track on the left has been built to avoid the Liverpool - Wigan local trains having to share the high speed main line.
©David Long
Dist:0.3km<br/>The first house on the right was the Vicarage for the Parish of St. Mary, Ince-in-Makerfield from 1954 until 1981. The bridge over the WCML is in the distance.
©David Long
Dist:0.3km<br/>The second house on the left was once the Vicarage for the Parish of Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield. As stated in a previous caption, the house at the far end of the row was St. Mary's Vicarage. Quite an unusual situation. The area on the right is the proposed site of a new industrial park. It is billed as eco-friendly... but will destroy acres of open space, used freely for recreation for generations.
©David Long
Dist:0.4km<br/>Passing through here in the semi-darkness, with a heavy train rumbling across overhead is what caused children to give it the name.
©David Long
Dist:0.4km<br/>Leading to new offices, and, hopefully the A5225, first proposed during WW2.
©David Long
Dist:0.4km<br/>In the course of demolition. The bridge served the former Westwood Power Station. A new road and bridge have been installed as the site is being developed for offices and commercial units.
©David Long
Dist:0.4km<br/>The street used to run for a further 100 yards to the right, but the rest was demolished, to be replaced by pensioners' bungalows, in the 1960s. Only "Gladys Terrace" remains.
©David Long
Dist:0.4km<br/>The start of the Leigh Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. The waste transfer yard on the left is on the site of a brewery. The narrows beyond the pipe bridge is the site of a swing bridge carrying Westwood Lane from Poolstock to Ince. A footbridge over the gap is hidden from view. The spire of St Catharine's Church at Scholes is visible in the distance, with Winter Hill in the far distance.
©David Long
Dist:0.4km<br/>The Liverpool-St. Helens-Wigan North Western service.
©David Long
Dist:0.4km<br/>A quiet cul-de-sac which may or not be disturbed by a new link road between the M58/M6 and the M61, planned since WW2, passing behind the homs on the left.
©David Long

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