ARCHIVES: WIGAN & LEIGH

Interesting updates and information from the team at Archives.

Every September events are organised across Wigan to celebrate our history and heritage. It’s your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – all of which are FREE to explore.

Hello and welcome to Wigan Council's What's On Guide for Autumn - Winter 2025!

A collection of short videos by the team at the Archives.

The Wigan Archives Service has well over 500,000 documents, photographs, maps and historic books in our collections. See more ...,

Thanks to volunteer Marianne Howell for providing an easier way to find and open articles from the back copies of PastForward.

A Searchable Reference List Of Documents, Books and Collections that are held by Archives.

The Archives has recently created an index of maps and a list of hard copy ordnance survey maps available at the Archives