Hindley is a former mill and mining town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, historically part of Lancashire in north‑west England. Set a few miles north of Wigan town centre, it grew rapidly in the 19th century around coal pits and textile mills, leaving a mix of Victorian terraces, chapels and a few surviving industrial buildings that hint at that industrial past.
Today Hindley is largely residential with a compact high street, community groups and local leisure facilities, and it serves as a commuter base with rail links from Hindley railway station into Manchester and the surrounding towns. Regeneration projects over recent years have aimed to revitalise retail and housing while local green spaces and proximity to the wider Wigan borough give residents easy access to both town amenities and nearby countryside.
Postcode districts covering Hindley
Most populated places nearby
- Manchester 14.6 miles
- Liverpool 16.9 miles
- Birkenhead 23 miles
- Preston 17.6 miles
- Oldham 18.9 miles
- St. Helens 9.3 miles
- Wigan 3.4 miles
- Warrington 10.1 miles
- Burnley 22 miles
- Blackburn 15.7 miles
- Bolton 6.5 miles
- Stockport 18.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Hindley Green Ward 0.8 miles
- Westhoughton South Ward 1.2 miles
- Bickershaw Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Ince-in-Makerfield Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Abram Ward 1.9 miles
- Platt Bridge and Abram Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Leigh West Ward 2 miles
- Westhoughton Built-up area 2 miles
- Ince Ward 2.1 miles
- Wingates Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill Ward 2.4 miles
- Aspull Built-up area 2.6 miles
Example postcodes in Hindley
WN2 4HF, WN7 5TF, WN2 4QX, WN2 4UE, WN2 2RT, WN2 3RD, WN2 4QW, WN2 3AQ, WN2 3JG … See all
Transport links
- Manchester Airport 17.1 miles
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 18.3 miles
- Hindley Railway Station 0.9 miles
- Daisy Hill Railway Station 1.9 miles
Hotels near Hindley Ad
- The Bolton Stadium Hotel, a member of Radisson Individuals 3 3.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Leigh - Sports Village 3 3.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Wigan 3 4.8 miles
- Mercure Haydock Hotel 3.5 5.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Leigh - Sports Village, an IHG Hotel 3.3 miles
- Premier Inn Bolton 3 3.3 miles
- Mercure Wigan Oak Hotel 3 2.9 miles
- OYO New Charles Dickens Hotel 3 3.1 miles
- Holiday Inn Haydock 4 4.9 miles
- Premier Inn Wigan Town Centre 3 2.9 miles
Schools in Hindley
- Castle Hill St Philip's C of E Primary School Primary
- Hindley All Saints C of E Primary School Primary
- Hindley Green Community Primary School Primary
- Hindley Junior and Infant School Primary
- Oakfield High School and College Special
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Hindley Green Primary
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Hindley Primary
- St John's C of E Primary School, Hindley Green Primary
- St Peter's C of E Primary School, Hindley Primary
- The Parks School Independent - special
Local points of interest
- University of Bolton Stadium Stadium 3.4 miles
- Wigan Athletic FC Stadium 4 miles
- DW Stadium Stadium 4 miles
- Haydock Park Racecourse Recreation 4.6 miles
- Octagon Theatre, Bolton Theatre 6.1 miles
- Salford City Stadium Stadium 8.8 miles
- The Trafford Centre Shopping centre 9.8 miles
- School Stadium 10 miles
- Agecroft Hall Archaeological site 10.7 miles
- Lathom House Estate 10.8 miles
- Gigg Lane Stadium 11.3 miles
- Imperial War Museum North Museum 11.6 miles