Planning for the future - Places

There is a large and rapidly growing body of evidence on the importance of quality of place for health and economic outcomes.

23

Conservation Areas

Over 500

The number of listed buildings in Wigan Borough

12

Ancient Monuments

Key facts

• The borough has a number of familiar local landmarks and recreation destinations including Haigh Hall, Wigan Pier, Wigan and Pennington Flashes and the Astley Mining Museum.
• There are two Heritage Action Zones in the borough at King Street in Wigan and Tyldesley. These aim to transform and revive the historic environment in these areas through sensitive development and the reuse of historic buildings.