Bickershaw Explained

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.