Wigan Pier Sightseeing National

Wigan Pier

 
Description: Heritage centre influencd by the George Orwell's book 'The Road to Wigan Pier'. Wigan Pier, Trencherfield Mill, Wigan, ... more
Wigan Pier ... WN3 4EF
Tel: (01942) 323666 Fax: (01942) 701927

Newest Review: ... same as it use to be it has lost a lot of respect for old time djs as they no long dj there and the music when i went last month as not that grate. Its too commercialized music ie po and chart music too much donk and not enough dance trance and bounce. Give it say 4 to 6 years ago everyone was what it the cricketers maximems monrores list goes on and on. Wigan is a nice place in the ... more

 ... daytime also lots of places to visit and go eat at reasonable prices and nice friendly people. Just make sure you are not at the other side of Wigan or out too late as its a different game. I guess its getting the same for a lot of places now places getti...more

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xtremedj
Premium Review Wigan Pier will never be the same (205 words)
by - written on 04/03/09 (Useful, 23 readings)
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Man this takes me back in time to when i use to go there a lot at weekend to go and see * DJ Ben Trengrove * DJ Mikey 'B' * DJ Nitra-M Wigan pier is one the same as it use to be it has lost a lot of respect for old time djs as they no long dj there and the music when i went last month as not that grate. Its too commercialized music ie po and chart music too much donk and not enough dance trance and bounce. Give it say 4 to 6 years ago everyone was what it the cricketers maximems monrores list goes on and on. Wigan is a nice place in the daytime also lots of places to visit and go eat at reasonable prices ...  Read the complete review

duskmaiden
Crowned Review A Stroll Down Memory Lane (1555 words)
by - written on 17/08/03 (Very useful, 392 readings)
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Wigan. It is not the most inspiring place is it. Images of cloth caps, cobbles, clogs and cotton mills spring t mind. The other major thing about Wigan is that although t is miles away from the coast it has it's pier featured in the title of the George Orwell classic ? The Road To Wigan Pier? an also in a number of old music hall jokes. It also inspired the building of the first heritage centre in Britain, in the early 1980s, the Wigan Pier Experience. What is the Wigan Pier Experience? The Wigan pier experience as mentioned was the first heritage centre in the country. It was built as a community initiative to bring tourism to an ...  Read the complete review

 

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