Back Hindley CEB Hindley, Manceinion Fwyaf Welsh Hindley Spanish هیندلی، منچستر بزرگ Persian Hindley, Manchain Mhór Irish Hindley Italian Hindley (Lancashire) LLD Hindley (Wielki Manchester) Polish Hindley, Greater Manchester Swedish
| Hindley | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
  Hindley Location within Greater Manchester | |
| Population | 25,001 [1] |
| OS grid reference | SD6204 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIGAN |
| Postcode district | WN2 |
| Dialling code | 01942 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Hindley (⫽ˈhɪndli⫽ HIND-lee) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It is three miles (4.8 km) east of Wigan and covers an area of 2,580 acres (1,044 ha). Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, Hindley (which includes Hindley Green) borders the towns and villages of Ince-in-Makerfield, Aspull, Westhoughton, Atherton and Westleigh in the former borough of Leigh.[2] In 2001, Hindley had a population of 23,457,[3] increasing to 28,000 at the 2011 Census.[4] It forms part of the wider Greater Manchester Urban Area.
- ^ Wigan Core Strategy 2013 (PDF), Wigan Council, 30 September 2013, retrieved 12 February 2014
- ^ "Hindley Township Boundaries". Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ 2001 Census for the Wigan area - Wigan.gov.uk
- ^ "Town population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.