| Country: | England |
| Map Type: | Greater Manchester |
| Coordinates: | 53.587°N -2.636°W |
| Static Image Name: | Worthington Manor House.JPG |
| Static Image Caption: | Worthington Manor House |
| Official Name: | Worthington |
| Civil Parish: | Worthington |
| Metropolitan Borough: | Metropolitan Borough of Wigan |
| Metropolitan County: | Greater Manchester |
| Region: | North West England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Wigan (UK Parliament constituency) |
| Post Town: | WIGAN |
| Postcode District: | WN1 |
| Postcode Area: | WN |
| Dial Code: | 01257 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SD579102 |
| Population: | 135 |
| Population Ref: | (2001) |
Worthington is a civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England, about 41NaN1 north of Wigan.[1] The parish is very sparsely populated, at the 2001 census having a population of 135,[2] and does not have an active parish council or parish meeting.[3]
It used to have a dyeworks and a colliery. Its parish church is Church of St Wilfrid, Standish. It is also the home of Worthington Hall.
Worthington Lakes lie within the Douglas Valley to the north of the village. The lakes, actually three reservoirs (Worthington, Arley and Adlington), were built in the mid-1800s to supply Wigan with drinking water. They are fed by the River Douglas, which originates on the moors above Rivington and whose natural course was diverted through a tunnel before the reservoirs were created, as it was not clean enough for drinking water. Today the lakes are part of a 50acres country park, with a nature reserve and accessible footpaths.[4]