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About Wigan

Known for

Wigan Pier (made famous by Orwell's 1937 book), the Warriors rugby league team, pie-eating culture and a Lancashire mill town with a fiercely proud identity

A little history

A coal mining and textile town immortalised by George Orwell's 'The Road to Wigan Pier' (1937). The town's rugby league heritage is as important as its mining past. The actual 'pier' was a small loading platform — the irony of its fame was Orwell's point.

Local tip

The Galleries shopping centre has the essentials. Market Street for independent food. The Wigan Pier Heritage Centre is genuinely good. Standish village is well worth the short drive.

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