Worthington, Greater Manchester
- Worthington, Greater Manchester
infobox UK place
country = England
map_type= Greater Manchester
latitude= 53.5868
longitude= -2.666
official_name= Worthington
metropolitan_borough= Wigan
metropolitan_county= Greater Manchester
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Wigan
post_town= WIGAN
postcode_district = WN6
postcode_area= WN
dial_code= 01257
os_grid_reference= SD560102
population= 135 (2001 Census)
Worthington is a civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England, about convert|4|mi|km|1 north of Wigan.[cite web |url= http://www.gmcro.co.uk/guides/gazette/gazframe.htm |title=A select gazetteer of local government areas, Greater Manchester County |author= |publisher=Greater Manchester County Records Office |accessdate=2007-09-26] The parish is very sparsely populated (population of 135 according to the 2001 census), and apparently does not have an active parish council or parish meeting. [http://www.wiganmbc.gov.uk/pub/council/agendas/cabinet/020904/report05.htm] ]It used to have a dyeworks and a colliery. It comes under Standish and its local Anglican church is St Wilfreds. It is also the home of Worthington Hall.
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