Higher End

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Higher End
Lancashire
Location
Grid reference: SD526032
Location: 53°31’24"N, 2°42’55"W
Data
Post town: Wigan
Postcode: WN5
Dialling code: 01695/01942/01744
Local Government
Council: Wigan
Parliamentary
constituency:
Makerfield

Higher End or Billinge Higher End is a village of Lancashire, just south of Orrell, which has expanded south to join Higher End. The village is four miles west of Wigan town centre.

The village has its origin as a hamlet at the northern end of the Parish of Billinge, a parish divided into two townships: ‘Billinge Chapel End’ (now Billinge) and Billinge Higher End

The Orrell Water Park is beside Higher End.

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