57-564: Golborne (pronounced / ˈ ɡ oʊ l b ɔːr n / GOHL -born ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan , in Greater Manchester , England. It lies 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southeast of Wigan , 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Warrington and 14 miles (22.5 km) to the west of the city of Manchester . Along with the neighbouring village of Lowton , it recorded a population of 24,041. Within
114-401: A brick built shelter on each platform. During the late 1800s more railways opened and traffic increased. The line through Golborne, as part of the main western trunk route to Scotland, became congested and between 1888 and 1894 the lines through the station site were quadrupled. There were two signal boxes in the station vicinity one to the south west of the running lines that controlled
171-477: A few shortened services terminating at Newton-le-Willows , there were slightly less trains on Saturdays and six on Sundays. The station was renamed Golborne South on 1 January 1949 to avoid confusion with the close by ex-Great Central/LNER Golborne North station. The station closed to passengers on 6 February 1961 and to goods traffic on 22 May 1967. Local passenger traffic ceased between Crewe and Preston via Earlestown on 6 October 1969. The lines through
228-676: A review by the Boundary Commission, the previous review took place in 2003. Prior to 2003 the borough was divided in 24 wards. From the 2003 Boundary Review until the 2020s, Wigan Council divided the borough into ten areas by the name of townships , each with a Township Manager (council liaison) and a regularly scheduled Township Forum meeting. However with Austerity cuts This has been replaced with an ad hoc community consultation structure without regularly scheduled community forums or permanent council liaisons consisting of 16 communities or 'Places' divided into 3 unnamed 'Localities',
285-551: A road overbridge carrying High Street/Church Road (which became the A573), on a slightly further north alignment sometime around 1867-68. The station was rebuilt sometime between the new road being completed and the OS map being issued in 1893. The station was built on the original lines of the WBR which became the slow lines when the line was quadrupled, the fast lines by-passed the station to
342-556: A well near Golborne sacred to St. Oswald's memory. This well had been suggested as the site where Penda , the pagan king of Mercia , slew the Christian King Oswald, later St Oswald, in the Battle of Maserfield , in 642. It is more generally accepted though that the site of that battle was some considerable distance to the southwest, near Oswestry . Holcroft Hall , now a farm, was the home of Colonel Blood , who, during
399-719: Is bordered by the Greater Manchester boroughs of City of Salford and Bolton to the east, the Cheshire borough of Warrington to the south, the Merseyside borough of St Helens to the south west, and the Lancashire boroughs of West Lancashire to the west and Chorley to the north. Wigan metropolitan borough was created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 . It was formed from
456-490: Is managed by TfGM and serves the far north-western part of the borough. There is a campaign for Golborne railway station and Kenyon Junction station to be re-opened. The Liverpool-Manchester line ( Chat Moss route) crosses the far south of the borough but has no railway station since the 60's after Kenyon Junction railway station , Astley railway station , Lamb's Cottage railway station , Flow Moss railway station and Glazebury and Bury Lane railway station closed. Leigh
513-471: Is on the West Coast Main Line served by Northern and Avanti West Coast . There are services to Liverpool Lime Street , Blackpool North , London Euston , Birmingham , Glasgow and Edinburgh . Other stations in the borough are Atherton , Hag Fold, Bryn , Gathurst , Hindley , Ince , Orrell , and Pemberton . Appley Bridge railway station just outside the border with West Lancashire
570-808: Is one of the largest towns in the UK without a railway station. Westleigh station, on the Bolton and Leigh Railway , closed in 1954. Leigh and Tyldesley stations on the Tyldesley Loopline were closed in 1969. The Leeds and Liverpool and Bridgewater canals meet in Leigh town centre. The M6 motorway crosses the west of the borough, and serves Ashton-in-Makerfield at junctions 23 and 24 (north only) and 25 (south only), Wigan at junction 25 (south only), Wigan/Orrell at junction 26 and Standish junction 27. The M58 motorway , to Liverpool , terminates at junction 26 of
627-631: Is situated in the town centre and is named in honour of local boxer Peter Kane . On Sunday 19 March 2006 the Rector of Golborne, the Rev Robert Williams, officiated at a service in Kidglove Road at what was the entrance to Golborne Colliery. The service was attended by ex-miners and their families, and was the fruition of two years of fund-raising to erect the 6-by-3-foot (1.83 m × 0.91 m) stone, commissioned in memory of
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#1732772922008684-656: Is the only Wigan ward included in Bolton West, with the rest of the constituency made up of wards from Bolton Borough). New constituency boundaries recommended by the Boundary Commission for the 2010 general election saw the link to Salford broken by the removal of Wigan areas from the Worsley constituency. This resulted in the Worsley constituency wards of Tyldesley and Astley-Mosley Common being placed in
741-571: The 2004 election following the re-warding - their councilors are for wards in the middle of the borough, between Wigan and Leigh. The Conservative Party had nine seats, and the Liberal Democrats eight. At the 2008 elections Labour was the largest party with 41 seats out of a total of 75; the Conservative Party had 14 seats, Community Action Party eight seats, Independent seven seats, Liberal Democrats four seats, and one
798-797: The Higher End part of Billinge and Winstanley Urban District and the civil parishes of Haigh , Shevington and Worthington from the Wigan Rural District were included. Before its creation, the name Wigan-Leigh was used in the Redcliffe-Maud Report . It was also suggested that the new metropolitan borough be named Makerfield . However, both names were rejected by a vote of 12 to 2. According to an opinion poll in 2003, 26% of 299 residents surveyed felt they belonged "very strongly" or "fairly strongly" (4% very strongly) to Greater Manchester, 64% (28% very strongly) to
855-555: The Leigh Constituency with the Atherton ward becoming part of Bolton West. Makerfield is the only constituency to have returned Labour MPs continuously since 1906. Wigan council's new coat of arms is based on various elements from the arms of the councils of its predecessor districts. With a population of around 300,000, Wigan is the second most populous borough of Greater Manchester, after Manchester . It has one of
912-1054: The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton to the north-east and east, and the City of Salford to the east. Outwith Greater Manchester, in the south it borders Warrington (a unitary authority in Cheshire ); to the south-west it borders the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside . To the west it borders the West Lancashire borough, and to the north it borders the Chorley borough, both in Lancashire . Wigan borough has seven Local Nature Reserves : including Wigan Flashes LNR, Borsdane Wood LNR, between Hindley and Aspull, Greenslate Water Meadows LNR within Orrell Water Park in Orrell, Low Hall LNR between Hindley and Platt Bridge, Pennington Flash LNR, Kirkless LNR at Ince and Three Sisters LNR, Ashton-In-Makerfield. For 12 years from
969-613: The Warrington to Wigan turnpike crossed the railway at a gated level crossing known as Golborne Gates and this would have been an identified stopping place on the line and therefore may have operated as a station in the same way as on the L&;MR. A more formal station was probably opened as Golborne Gate or Gates by the North Union Railway (NUR) probably sometime before 1839 as the station started to appear on
1026-422: The 1453, which went to Liverpool Lime Street . In 1922 thirteen services called at Golborne in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays, most were local services. Northbound they mainly started from Warrington , with two starting from Crewe , two from Liverpool Lime Street and one from Hartford . All went to Wigan , three terminated at Preston and one at Carlisle . Southbound they mostly started from Wigan,
1083-534: The A573 in the centre of town. Golborne's branch line station – Golborne North – was closed in 1952. Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham commented that “Golborne has a rock solid case for a station. It is now becoming quite clear. It has been sent to the Government for sign off. I prioritised it as mayor because of the very poor transport connectivity in that area – and if Metrolink isn’t coming anytime soon to
1140-468: The Council's political composition is: Labour 60, Conservatives 7, Independent 4, Independent Network 2, Shevington Independents 1, and Standish Independents 1. The council uses Wigan Town Hall as its main headquarters. Leigh Town Hall is used as a secondary base. The borough is divided into 25 electoral wards, each of which elect three councillors. The present wards were adopted in 2023, following
1197-438: The L&MR intermediate stopping places were neither advertised nor provided with facilities, they were mostly situated at level crossings where a policeman or gateman was permanently on duty, passengers wishing to use the stopping place informed the staff who signalled the requirement to stop to the train crew, The WBR had one crossing on the level, at Golborne , 1 mile 72 chains (3.1 km) from Parkside, where
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#17327729220081254-630: The Locality at the centre of the Borough consists of Ashton, Bryn, Abram, Platt Bridge, Hindley and Hindley Green with all areas to the northwest forming a locality centred on Wigan and all areas to the southwest forming one centred on Leigh. However two Town Centre Managers were appointed in Wigan and Leigh primarily to act as liaisons between the Council and local business. The borough has three civil parishes: Haigh, Shevington and Worthington. The rest of
1311-718: The M6 near Orrell. The dual carriageway A580 East Lancashire Road linking Liverpool to Manchester crosses the south of the borough.The A579 runs from Bolton to the M6 via Atherleigh Way, which runs from the west of Atherton, bypassing Leigh town centre to reach the East Lancashire Road at the Warrington border. The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan has one twin town in France – Angers in the Pays de la Loire . The arrangement
1368-550: The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan has existed since 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from the towns, villages, and civil parishes that became constituent parts of the borough. The population of the borough has remained roughly static since the 1970s at around 300,000, second to Manchester within Greater Manchester. The ONS identify the Wigan Built-up Area as the western part of
1425-630: The Roundhead Army intercepted the Scots at Preston and, in a series of running battles between Preston, Wigan and Warrington, of which Red Gap was one, he defeated the Scots even though his army was outnumbered by ten to one. The former village grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution as the mining industry expanded. On 18 March 1979 there was a methane explosion at the town's colliery caused by an electrical spark, which took
1482-497: The Wigan borough then it has to be the case to improve rail connectivity.” Under the Local Government Act 1972 , in force from 1 April 1974, the urban district of Golborne, established in 1894 (and expanded in 1933 by adding part of Leigh Rural District which included Kenyon ), was split, with the parts of Culcheth and Newchurch becoming the civil parish of Culcheth and Glazebury in the Warrington district in Cheshire, and
1539-630: The border with St Helen’s. The entirety of the Wigan borough forms part of the Manchester Larger Urban Zone Public transport in Wigan MBC is co-ordinated by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). The borough is served by an extensive bus network with most services operated by Stagecoach Manchester , Arriva North West First Greater Manchester and Diamond North West . There are two major bus stations in both Wigan and Leigh town centres. Services operate from
1596-503: The borough council were held on 10 May 1973. The Metropolitan Borough Council is divided into 25 wards, each of which elects three councillors. Elections are by thirds, with one councillor from each ward up for re-election in each election year. The borough council has a leader and cabinet system. The current leader is David Molyneux who took over from Peter Smith , who resigned in May 2018, having been leader since 1991. The council rejected
1653-501: The borough is an unparished area . Church of England ecclesiastical parishes in the west of the borough are part of the Diocese of Liverpool , those in the east of the Metropolitan Borough are part of the Diocese of Manchester and the northern section part of the Diocese of Blackburn . The Wigan Metropolitan Borough is currently covered by four parliamentary constituencies, Wigan , Makerfield , Leigh , and Bolton West . (Atherton
1710-593: The borough of Wigan, and 63% (31% very strongly) to Lancashire. The metropolitan borough was created from a highly industrialised area of Lancashire that was part of the Lancashire Coalfield and had an important textile industry. Wigan borough covers an area of 77 square miles (200 km ), and is the 9th-largest metropolitan borough (out of 36) in England. The borough is the most north western in Greater Manchester. Within Greater Manchester it borders
1767-488: The borough. Wigan Wallgate railway station is served by Northern trains on the Manchester to Southport and Kirkby lines. There are services to stations towards Manchester, serving all city centre stations including Manchester Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly via two routes: one through Bolton and one via Atherton , with connections to other local and national destinations. Wigan North Western railway station
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1824-651: The boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire and being situated across the A580 East Lancashire Road , Golborne owed most of its historic growth to mining and textile manufacturing; however, these industries have since declined. There was also significant agricultural activity, with many farms still belonging to the families who originally owned them. The name Golborne derives from the Old English golde and burna , and means "stream where marsh marigolds grow". The earliest settlements in
1881-513: The bus stations to Bolton, Manchester, the Trafford Centre , St Helens and Chorley, as well as local inter-urban routes, with three high frequency services between Wigan and Leigh bus stations , operated by Stagecoach Manchester. Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley are also served by the high frequency Vantage services, via a guided busway, connecting the towns to Central Manchester in 30-40 minutes outside of peaks. Several railway lines cross
1938-675: The creation of Greater Manchester in 1974, the borough had a two-tier system of local government , and Wigan Council shared power with the Greater Manchester County Council . The county council was abolished in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 . Since April 2011, some of the borough's responsibilities have been pooled with neighbouring authorities and subsumed into the Greater Manchester Combined Authority , which covers ten boroughs including Wigan. The first elections to
1995-409: The development of different industries which has brought in new jobs, further aided by the creation of Stone Cross Industrial Park and Golborne Enterprise Park. There is a campaign to reopen the town's main line railway station – Golborne South . As part of Greater Manchester's Transport Initiative Fund package, a station at Golborne would be reinstated, probably on the site of the original station off
2052-571: The district, as well as Skelmersdale and Upholland in West Lancashire , with a population of 166,840. It considers towns in the east of the borough, Hindley, Leigh, Golborne, Atherton and Tyldesley to be part of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area . Aspull and Shevington are identified as standalone urban areas and Ashton-in-Makerfield is considered to be part of the Liverpool Built-up area , sitting at
2109-402: The east. The station building was on the east side platform, to the south of the road overbridge which crossed the platforms about half-way along their length. The building was a two-storey brick-built building accessed from the bridge with the booking hall at road level, steps went down to each platform, the west-side platform steps descending from a pedestrian bridge crossing the lines. There was
2166-580: The first train, the 0628, began at Preston and the 0710 started from Golborne itself. Destinations were mostly Warrington with two services running short journeys to Earlestown and one going onto Hartford . There were two Sunday services in each direction. Services under the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) remained much the same as previously, in 1939 there were 17 services in each direction on weekdays, mostly local trains between Warrington and Wigan with one service from Liverpool, one from Crewe and
2223-594: The former county borough of Wigan along with other local government units from the administrative county of Lancashire . These were the Municipal Borough of Leigh , the urban districts of Abram, Aspull, Atherton , Hindley , Ince-in-Makerfield, Orrell , Standish and Tyldesley . Ashton-in-Makerfield except for the parish of Seneley Green , the Golborne Urban District except for the parish of Culcheth and Glazebury in Warrington,
2280-508: The goods yard, and one to the north of the eastern platform, between the slow and fast lines, which controlled access to Golborne Colliery . The goods yard had two, later three sidings on the west side of the running lines and a warehouse, it was able to accommodate most types of goods including live stock and was equipped with a five ton crane. In 1895 there were 11 local services on weekdays in each direction, northbound all going to Wigan and southbound to Warrington except for one service,
2337-522: The idea of a directly elected mayor following a consultation in 2001. The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is traditionally a Labour Party stronghold - the council has been Labour-controlled since its creation. The local elections in 1998 resulted in a council with only two non-Labour members. Labour had a majority with 43 seats at the 2006 election. The second-largest party was the local Community Action Party which had 15 seats. Community Action first contested Wigan elections in 2002, and won 18 seats in
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2394-586: The largest party with 58 seats out of 75, the Independent Councillor group with 8 seats form the official opposition, the Conservative Party had 5 seats, the Liberal Democrats hold 2 seats, Community Action Party 1 seat and 1 Independent councillor. In May 2012 (post 2012 Local Elections) the composition of the council was Labour 63 (+5), Others 9 (-1), Liberal Democrats 2 (No change) and Conservatives 1 ( -4). Presently in May 2018,
2451-701: The level crossing but no station or structure. From 1 January 1846 the NUR was leased jointly by the Grand Junction Railway (GJR) and the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR). Later in 1846 the leases passed, by amalgamation from the GJR to the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) and from the M&;LR to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway . The L&NWR replaced the level crossing with
2508-588: The lives of ten miners. Of the eleven present, only one survived. The colliery closed in 1989. The location of the former colliery is known locally as the Bonk which is now the largest park in Golborne. The closure of the colliery led to the loss of employment for a large proportion of Golborne's population as well as people from nearby towns and villages such as Abram , Lowton and Ashton-in-Makerfield . Unemployment problems have been mostly eradicated in recent years with
2565-425: The lowest ethnic minority populations, with the 2001 census reporting 98.7% of the population as white. Unemployment is around the average for England and Wales. Approximately 9.5% of the population was recorded as being permanently sick or disabled compared to a national average of 5.5%. The table details the population change since 1801, including the percentage change since the last available census data. Although
2622-461: The maps in Bradshaw from then, fares to intermediate stations, including Golbourne Gate [sic] were published in 1839. By 1847 the station was known as Golborne and it appeared in Bradshaw in a route-table with times for the trains shown. There were four services from the station northbound to Preston and southbound to both Liverpool and Manchester on weekdays. As late as 1849 the OS map shows
2679-467: The memorial site. A cenotaph memorial also lies at the junction of Legh Street and Barn Lane. Metropolitan Borough of Wigan The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester , England. It is named after its largest town, Wigan but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Atherton , Ashton-in-Makerfield , Golborne , Hindley , Ince-in-Makerfield , Leigh and Tyldesley . The borough also covers
2736-653: The men and women who worked and died at Golborne Colliery between its opening in 1880 and its closure in 1989. The memorial was conceptualised by the Golborne Ex-Miners Association, who staged a series of concerts to help towards the cost of the stone. Funding was also received from a community chest grant from Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, Alpla (UK) Ltd of Golborne, and the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation. Former miner Dean Mitchell landscaped
2793-544: The present-day town were on banks of the Millingford Brook, hence its name being derived from a water course where calendula grew. Golborne has been recorded in ancient documents as Goldeburn in 1187, Goldburc in 1201, Goseburn and Goldburn in 1212 and Golburne in 1242. Golborne and Gowborne were 16th-century spellings. A settlement at Golborne has existed since at least the time of the Domesday book . The manor
2850-638: The reign of Charles II, attempted to steal the Crown Jewels. King Charles was amused by Blood's audacity and pardoned him. Blood married Maria Holcroft of Holcroft Hall at Newhurch Church against the will of her father. In 1648 the Battle of Red Gap was fought by the old road south from Golborne (probably the Red Bank area of Newton le Willows) during the 2nd Civil War. The Scots on the side of Charles I had advanced into England. Oliver Cromwell , leader of
2907-471: The rest of the district becoming part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan of Greater Manchester. The parish church of Golborne is St Thomas' Church, in the Deanery of Winwick, Diocese of Liverpool. Founded in 1829, the church building has a clock tower that is still in operation and is still heard chiming on every hour. There is also a graveyard surrounding the building. Peter Kane Square and memorial clock
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#17327729220082964-429: The station site were electrified as part of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) modernisation in 1974. The lines through the station site are still open in 2023. Transport for Greater Manchester announced a public consultation for January 2024 on building a new station on a site to the south of the previous station. No costs were given at the time, although TfGM had in 2021 committed £16m to development and delivery of
3021-500: The trackbed had been engineered for double track. In 1834 the WBR became part of the North Union Railway (NUR) and they doubled the track in time for the opening of the line northwards to Preston in 1838. The line had opened two years after the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) with which it connected at Parkside , it was operated under contract by the L&MR and likely followed L&MR practices. On
3078-416: The villages and suburbs of Abram , Aspull , Astley , Bryn , Hindley Green , Lowton , Mosley Common , Orrell , Pemberton , Shevington , Standish , Winstanley and Worsley Mesnes . The borough is also the second-most populous district in Greater Manchester. The borough was formed in 1974, replacing several former local government districts. It is the furthest west part of Greater Manchester, and it
3135-544: Was established in 1988. The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Wigan. Golborne South railway station Golborne South railway station was one of two stations serving the town of Golborne , to the south of Wigan . The line was opened by the Wigan Branch Railway (WBR) in 1832 from Parkside to Wigan as a single track with passing places although
3192-752: Was held in two moieties , half by the Lords of Lowton, and the half by the Golbornes up to the reign of Henry III , and later by various families including the Fleetwoods and Leghs. The old Manor of Golborne stood to the north side of the village, giving its name to a public house on Church Street (now demolished). The manor and its lands extended as far as St Luke's Church in Lowton, and also gives its name to Manor Avenue and Manor Court. The Venerable Bede wrote in his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum of
3249-449: Was vacant. In November 2010 (after elections in May), Labour was the largest party with 51 seats out of a total of 75; the Conservative Party had eight seats, Independents seven seats, Community Action Party four seats, Liberal Democrats three seats (one member currently suspended) and two members were 'Independent Conservative'. As of June 2011 (after May elections), Labour continued to be
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