Wigan and Leigh Archives

Where you'll find events for all ages hosted by the Museum of Wigan Life, the Turnpike Gallery, Archives: Wigan & Leigh, and the borough’s Libraries, there’s plenty to get involved with.

Good Friday 1959, Wigan v Saints. Relive the memory! Every Week - An article from previous PastForward publications.

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

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

Want a taster of Past Forward? We've got dozens of past issues of the magazine for you to read - covering dozens of different and interesting subjects from across the borough.