Orrell, Greater Manchester

Orrell
St. Luke's Parish Church
Orrell is located in Greater Manchester
Orrell
Orrell
Location within Greater Manchester
Population12,000 [1]
OS grid referenceSD531051
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGAN
Postcode districtWN5
Dialling code01942
01695
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°31′55″N 2°42′30″W / 53.5319°N 2.7082°W / 53.5319; -2.7082

Orrell is a suburb of Wigan in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.[2] The population of the ward had fallen at the 2011 Census to 11,513.[3] The area lies 3 miles (4.8 km) to the west of Wigan town centre.[4] The area is contiguous with Pemberton.

Historically in Lancashire, Orrell was a centre of the coal mining industry, though today no evidence of the area's industrial past is present. The electoral ward of Orrell has a population of 11,203,[5] however, the ward covers a larger area also containing parts of Billinge and Winstanley.

  1. ^ Wigan Core Strategy 2013 (PDF), Wigan Council, 30 September 2013, retrieved 12 February 2014
  2. ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - O to R. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Wigan ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Orrell". 2001 England & Wales Census. neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2007.