Country: | England |
Official Name: | Gathurst |
Coordinates: | 53.559°N -2.697°W |
Static Image Name: | Gathurst Station Inn public house (geograph 4531554).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The Gathurst Station Inn public house, Gathurst |
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: | SD538071 |
Gathurst (locally [1]) is the name given to a small section of the township of Shevington, a Civil Parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.[2] It was historically a part of Lancashire.[3] The village is served by a railway station Gathurst railway station which is located on the Manchester-Southport line and managed by Northern. The station also serves the nearby village of Shevington.