

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Guided History Walk - Whelley, Haigh Plantations, the Douglas Valley
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Join local historian Jim Meehan for a guided tour - Railways, Rivers and Roundheads.  The walk is packed with history covering 2 miles.About this EventThe walk involves some steep climbs as well as negotiating steep steps. Please keep this in mind before booking.Railways, Rivers and RoundheadsA guided two miles tour (taking around two hours) around Whelley, Haigh Plantations, the Douglas Valley, and Bottling Wood which is packed with local history!!!See the church built in two halves, the shortest-lived railway station, Roger Bradshaigh’s 400-year-old triumph of mining engineering, and the site of a bloody battle between Royalists and Roundheads – and lots more!!!This is a free activity. Voluntary cash donations can be passed to Jim on the day whcih will be donated to Wigan and Leigh Hospice.Please meet for an 11am prompt start at St Stephen’s Church, Balcarres Avenue, Whelley, WN13UT. There is free on-street parking. The walk will start and finish here.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wigan/guided-history-walk-whelley-haigh-plantations-the-douglas-valley/100001984627881418
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: Wigan
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: St Stephen's Church
- **lat**: 53.5553614
- **long**: -2.6160205
- **full address**: St Stephen's Church, Balcarres Avenue, Wigan, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Haigh Woodland Park (https://allevents.in/org/haigh-woodland-park/24273805)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 11:00 am (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** St Stephen's Church, Balcarres Avenue, Wigan, United Kingdom
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 GBP
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Haigh Woodland Park
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Guided History Walk - Whelley, Haigh Plantations, the Douglas Valley ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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