| Orrell | |
|---|---|
.JPG) St. Luke's Parish Church | |
  Orrell Location within Greater Manchester | |
| Population | 12,000 [1] |
| OS grid reference | SD531051 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIGAN |
| Postcode district | WN5 |
| Dialling code | 01942 01695 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
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.
- ^ Wigan Core Strategy 2013 (PDF), Wigan Council, 30 September 2013, retrieved 12 February 2014
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Wigan ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "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) - ^ "Orrell". 2001 England & Wales Census. neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2007.