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Wigan Tours
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A town in N W Eng
Home to great music 🎶 like The Verve & The Lathums
A World Champion RL Team
Amazing Victorian Architecture
2013 FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic
Town built on Coal Mines & Cotton Mills
Where George Orwell visited in 1936
Town of ❤️
Reposted by Wigan Tours
Did you know you can access Ancestry and Find My Past for free in our local studies library. Here you can also view the 1921 census which is really useful for tracing your ancestors, and there is always a member of staff happy to help!

We are open:
Tues-Fri 10-4pm
Sat 10-2pm
February 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
February 13, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Haigh Sough
A C17 miracle of #Engineering
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
🙈
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
In an occasional series I shall highlight Wigan Warriors opponents
First up is Classy Cas 🐯
Was Roman town
Like Wigan was a town built on coal
It's post industrial future is strongly focused on Logistics & massive warehouses
Got a lot of new faces in this season so should be an interesting 1st game
February 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Will take that 🙂
February 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
HQ
February 8, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Mill girls
February 8, 2026 at 9:33 PM
February Super League Fixtures for the 🍒
February 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Job done!
February 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Nothing Super Jim couldn't do!
February 8, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Good luck to the lads in Rochdale
February 8, 2026 at 9:41 AM
A Lowe point
Tics attempts to get the Gunners overconfident was a touch over zealously applied 🤔
a neon sign of the number 6 on a dark background
ALT: a neon sign of the number 6 on a dark background
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
League 2 is the inevitable fate unless change happens ASAP.
Unacceptable
February 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Team news v the Posh
February 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
On my FB group of Wigan Tours I am giving a daily #Orwell90 celebration commerating his visit here in Feb 1936.
Today I look at some #Wigan related sights to Mr #Orwell
You can also find a pic of him in HMV too!
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Final score from Liam Marshall's Testimonial Game
February 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Some more Syd information I found out yesterday from a book in the wonderful #Wigan #Museum @matthewbrown91.bsky.social 🙂
February 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Today on my Facebook edition of Wigan Tours I attempt to explain why the #Orwell book 📙 "The Road To Wigan Pier" is so unpopular amongst Wiganers.
February 1, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Wigan Warriors 'do not lack motivation' says Peet - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
Matt Peet: Wigan Warriors boss says his side do not lack motivation
Wigan Warriors boss Matt Peet says his side do not lack motivation as they look for silverware after a trophyless 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 12:10 PM
January 31, 2026 at 8:41 PM
January 31, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The alarming slump continues 🤔
Time for change!
January 31, 2026 at 4:53 PM
January 31, 2026 at 3:54 PM