Haigh Country Park by munki-boy
Haigh Country Park
Haigh Country Park is a mostly wooded area based on the old estate parkland of Haigh Hall. The hall remains along with garden areas and fountains together with and many other features, kids play areas and miniature golf.
Haigh Country Park stretches from the area immediately around the old hall in southerly then westerly direction crossing the Leeds and Liverpool canal and as far as the River Douglas. These woodland areas encompass the old Haigh Upper Plantations to the East of the canal at a section that was once the old Lancaster Canal and Haigh Lower Plantations which reach down to the Douglas.
The large northeastern part of the old Haigh estate is taken up by the Haigh Golf Complex.
Created: 5 January 2019 Edited: 29 November 2023
Haigh Country Park
Local History around Haigh Country Park
There are some historic monuments around including:
Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington HallMoated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near WiganCross base on Standish Wood Lane 700m south east of Standish HallThe Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David's ChurchCross base on Green Lane 300m north of Strickland House Farm, StandishHaigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park HouseMarket cross in the marketplace to the west of St Wilfrid's Church, StandishBretters Farm moated site and two fishpondsCross base at the junction of Standish Green Lane, Standish Wood Lane and Beech Walk, 200m NNW of Strickland House Farm, StandishHeadless Cross, GrimefordMabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building.
