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Mather Lane Mills was a complex of cotton mills built by the Bridgewater Canal in Bedford, Leigh in Lancashire, England. The No 2 mill and its former warehouse are grade II listed buildings.

St Joseph's Church is an active Roman Catholic church on Chapel Street in Bedford, Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. It is in the parish of St Edmund Arrowsmith. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.

Leigh was a railway station in Bedford, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom on the London and North Western Railway. Leigh was in the historic county of Lancashire. Its station opened as Bedford Leigh in 1864, was renamed Leigh & Bedford in 1876 and Leigh in 1914. The station closed in 1969.

Leigh is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Leigh was originally the centre of a large ecclesiastical parish covering six vills or townships. When the three townships of Pennington, Westleigh and Bedford merged in 1875 forming the Leigh Local Board District, Leigh became the official name for the town, although it had been applied to the area of Pennington and Westleigh around the parish church for many centuries. The town became an urban district in 1894 when part of Atherton was added. In 1899 Leigh became a municipal borough. The first town hall was built in King Street and replaced by the present building in 1907. Originally an agricultural area (noted for dairy farming), domestic spinning and weaving led to a considerable silk industry and, in the 20th century, cotton industry. Leigh also exploited the underlying coal measures, particularly after the town was connected to the canals and railways. Leigh had an important engineering base. The legacy of Leigh's industrial past can be seen in the remaining red brick mills – some of which are listed buildings – although it is now a mainly residential town, with Edwardian and Victorian terraced housing packed around the town centre. Leigh's present-day economy is based largely on the retail sector.

Pennington, a suburb of Leigh, Greater Manchester is one of six townships in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Leigh, that with Westleigh and Bedford merged to form the town of Leigh in 1875. The township of Pennington covered most of Leigh's town centre.

Bedford, a suburb of Leigh, Greater Manchester is one of three ancient townships, Bedford, Pennington and Westleigh, that merged in 1875 to form the town of Leigh. Historically, Bedford was in Lancashire.

The A572 is a main road serving the Greater Manchester and Merseyside areas, running from Swinton to St Helens via Leigh and Newton-le-Willows.

Christ Church (grid reference SJ653995) is an active Anglican parish church in Pennington, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Christ Church serves the parish of Pennington in the Leigh Deanery and Salford Archdeaconry in the Diocese of Manchester. It is a Grade II listed building.

The George and Dragon is a Grade II listed public house on King Street in Leigh, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built in the mid-17th century, it was later altered in the 19th and 20th centuries, although the nature of those works was not recorded. The pub underwent a major refurbishment in March 2012, and its freehold is owned by Amber Taverns as of April 2026.

Leigh Town Hall is a municipal building in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It stands in Civic Square at the junction with Market Street, facing Leigh parish church. It was built in 1907 and granted grade II listed building status in 1987.

The Waterside Inn (officially listed as Former canal warehouse) is a Grade II listed public house on Canal Street in Leigh, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The building was originally constructed in the late 18th century as a canal warehouse, with a brick extension added in the late 19th century, and was still used for warehousing when it was listed in 1987. It became part of the Leigh Bridge conservation area in 1989 and was subsequently converted for use as a pub.

The Boar's Head is a Grade II listed public house on Market Place in Leigh, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Built in 1900 to designs by local architect Christopher Simpson for the Leigh Brewery, it replaced an earlier pub on the same site and incorporates a former stable block that is also listed at Grade II. The building retains notable historic features, and its interior is recognised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) with a one‑star rating for its "special national historic importance".