Canal and locks
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal curves around the town and climbs east through a long lock flight, drawing a thin, deliberate line across the streets.
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Wigan — Wigan Map Poster & Print
53.5430° N / 2.6371° W
A Lancashire mill town where the River Douglas and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal meet among terraced streets and flooded former coalfields.
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Wigan omnibus stilis
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In pariete
Wigan domi
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Wigan Map Poster & Print
Wigan grew around the River Douglas, and its old centre sits on rising ground above the valley. The main streets meet near the parish church and market area. Around them, rows of terraced housing spread in tight parallel lines, the shape of a town that expanded quickly with coal and cotton. Ring roads and rail lines now thread through this older fabric.
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes to the south and west of the centre, and a flight of locks carries it up the hill toward the east. Wigan Pier, the old canal wharf, became widely known through George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier. Today the warehouses and towpaths stand out as a slim waterside corridor on the map.
Mining left its own mark. Land that subsided over old workings flooded, forming the Wigan Flashes, a group of lakes and reedbeds that is now a nature reserve. On a Wigan map poster these water bodies appear as scattered, irregular shapes south of town. To the north, Haigh Hall and its woodland add a large green area to the frame.
- Incolae
- 175,405
- Coordinatae
- 53.5430° N / 2.6371° W
- Altitudo
- 32 m
- Zona horaria
- London
- Regio
- Wigan, United Kingdom
The Wigan Flashes
Lakes formed where old mine workings subsided now lie south of the centre, a cluster of uneven water shapes that has become a wetland reserve.
Terraced rows
Dense bands of parallel terraced streets surround the centre, giving the map a fine, striped texture typical of northern industrial towns.
Tuam fac
Wigan: partem tuam in forma pone
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Cur Wigan
Tabula quae aliquid significat
Wigan means a lot to people who grew up here, to rugby league supporters, and to anyone with family roots in Lancashire's mining and mill towns. The canal, the flashes and the terraced streets make an honest portrait of the place.
Add a title, subtitle and coordinates line, whether a street name, a family surname or a year, and choose one of five styles: Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Printed posters come on matte paper with an optional wooden frame.
Eme tabulam WiganQuid in fasciculis HD insit300 DPISine signo aquaticoPNG + PDF
| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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Wigan Map Poster & Print — FAQ
Quomodo tabulam Wigan emere possum?
Elige formam in summa pagina, deinde selige Tabulam Typis Impressam — magnitudinem et, si vis, compagem — vel Fasciculos Digitales HD. Emptio uno gradu conficitur, et pagina emptionis tuae statim renovatur ubi primum solutio confecta est.
Qualis est tabula Wigan typis impressa?
In charta opaca praestanti 200 gsm typis imprimitur, una ex sex magnitudinibus, a 30 × 40 cm usque ad 24 × 36″. Tabulae typis impressae incipiunt a $39, missione inclusa.
Possumne tabulam Wigan compagine inclusam emere?
Ita. Elige compagem ex solido ligno, colore nigro, albo, quercu naturali vel ligno obscuro. Vitro infrangibili instructa venit et ad suspendendum parata est. Tabulae compagine inclusae incipiunt a $99, missione inclusa.
Quantum temporis missio sumit, et quanti constat?
Missio gratuita est in plus quam 60 terras. Quodque poster ab proximo ex sociis nostris typographicis in plus quam 30 terris imprimitur et plerumque intra 3–7 dies negotiales advenit. Statum et vestigium sub «Mea mandata» sequi potes. Quaedam terrae 2–5 hebdomades requirunt, et ubi nondum mittimus, situs te ante solutionem monet.
Quid si tabula mea laesa pervenit?
Mitte nobis imaginem intra 14 dies post missionem acceptam, et eam gratis iterum imprimemus vel pecuniam tibi reddemus.
Possumne nomina nostra vel diem tabulae Wigan addere?
Ita. In instrumento huius paginae, titulum, subtitulum et lineam coordinatarum ad libitum muta, et formam ac magnitudinem elige. Emptiones typis impressae, compagine inclusae et digitales omnes exacte figuram tuam adhibent.
Quid cum fasciculis digitalibus HD accipio?
Pro $9 accipis fasciculos PNG 300 DPI et PDF ad imprimendum paratos in omnibus sex magnitudinibus, sine nota aquatica, ut ubique imprimere possis. Nondum certus es? Prius specimen gratuitum cum nota aquatica demitte.