Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Saints James and Elizabeth, Bickershaw - geograph.org.uk - 77612.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Saints James and Elizabeth, Bickershaw |
Official Name: | Bickershaw |
Coordinates: | 53.512°N -2.561°W |
Population: | 1,405 |
Population Ref: | (2001) |
Shire District: | Wigan |
Shire County: | Greater Manchester |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Wigan |
Post Town: | Wigan |
Postcode District: | WN2 |
Postcode Area: | WN |
Dial Code: | 01942 |
Os Grid Reference: | SD583055 |
Bickershaw is a village, effectively a suburb of Abram, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, Bickershaw is 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southeast of Wigan.
The Bickershaw Festival was held here in 1972. Today the village is the location of the main entrance/access road to HMP Hindley, a juvenile prison and Young Offenders Institution mainly serving the Northwest UK, although the main building, HMP Hindley, is situated in neighbouring Hindley.
Bickershaw is the birthplace of Lord Martin Dearnaley.