In 1984 and in Wigan Pier, Orwell’s polemic is less about history than about accommodating flight from modern life. We find it again in Coming Up for Air . It’s a commonplace and popular theme in ...

In 2015 developer H20 Urban was selected to oversee the vision for the Wigan Pier Quarter, which also included a major performance venue, retail development, new homes, 70 car parking spaces and ...

Cllr David Molyneux, deputy leader of Wigan Council, said: “Wigan Pier is one the most iconic locations in the North West. “We have had long-held ambitions to create a new purpose for Wigan ...

George Orwell’s 1937 study The Road to Wigan Pier offers a detailed and graphic account of poverty in pre-war England. On the 75th anniversary of its publication, Anthony Lock examines the ...

A Manchester developer has been appointed to oversee the regeneration of Wigan Pier, Insider can reveal, with the company tasked with taking forward a world-class vision to transform the historic site ...

In recent years, the Wigan Pier Quarter has undergone a major renaissance thanks to the council acting on its 10-year masterplan, ‘A New Road to Wigan Pier’ and private investment ...

The redevelopment of Wigan Pier is set to begin in the early part of this year. The final section of the former Wigan Pier Nightclub, which was a popular venue during the ’90s house and rave ...

Wigan North Western now has a new mural, which has been unveiled as part of a community project. Created by South East ...

The Orwell, the pub at Wigan Pier. Manchester’s emergence as the site and center of the industrial revolution was based on the “three C’s”: coal, cotton, and canals.

Wigan Pier is coming to the newly reopened 051 nightclub on Saturday December 2, for one night and one night only. The two celebrated and historic dance clubs will collaborate to re-ignite ...

In 2015 developer H20 Urban was selected to oversee the vision for the Wigan Pier Quarter, which also included a major performance venue, retail development, new homes, 70 car parking spaces and ...