Wrightington

Wrightington
Wrightington is located in the Borough of West Lancashire
Wrightington
Wrightington
Location in West Lancashire
Wrightington is located in Lancashire
Wrightington
Wrightington
Location within Lancashire
Population2,886 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSD536126
Civil parish
  • Wrightington
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGAN
Postcode districtWN6
Dialling code01257
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire
53°36′29″N 2°42′04″W / 53.608°N 2.701°W / 53.608; -2.701

Wrightington is a civil parish in West Lancashire, England, with an area of 3,915½ acres. The surface is hilly, rising to over 400 ft. at Harrock on the border of Parbold, and then falling to the north, northeast and southeast. On the southern border, the boundary at Appley Bridge touches the River Douglas. Wrightington Hall is to the north of this point. Tunley and Broadhurst lie to the north of the park, and Fairhurst, to the west of Harrock, reaches down to the River Douglas. At the 2001 census, Wrightington had a population of 4,055,[1] falling to 2,886 at the 2011 Census.[2]

  1. ^ "Area: Wrightington (Ward)". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Wrightington Parish (E0400531)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 March 2021.