A photographic mural celebrating the past and present of 25 iconic Wigan buildings and landmarks has been unveiled.

Regeneration led to the demise of the famous Wigan Pier nightclub, which was torn down in 2014. The club's popularity peaked in the mid-1990s with the explosion of the house music and rave scene.

Work on the iconic Wigan Pier, that was promised redevelopment back in 2019, is finally set to start in early 2023. Plans for the site, known as the inspiration for George Orwell’s 1937 novel ...

The thing about Wigan Pier is that it isn't there. Indeed it never was. The idea began as a joke. The story goes that a train bound for Southport a century agostopped in fog 15 miles from the coast.

As part of our Road to Wigan Pier 2017 project, 80 years on from the publication of George Orwell's essay, former textile worker, Jean Faulkner, reflects on life in Orwell's time.

The Wigan Pier Nightclub, popular during the 1990s house and rave scene, is to be demolished as part of the regeneration plans. The 40-year-old building was bought by the council last March after ...

The redevelopment of Wigan Pier will start in early 2023 - more than three years after plans were first announced. The final section of the former Wigan Pier Nightclub, popular during the 1990s ...

The development partner of Wigan Council for the Wigan Pier complex of historic buildings is searching for leisure, culture and entertainment operators. Step Places is engaging the wider market for ...

We’ve come to see Rita Culshaw as we retrace George Orwell’s steps on The Road to Wigan Pier on the 80th anniversary of his book about the industrial North ...

In 2014 Wigan Council announced the start of a 10-year regeneration programme to create a ‘New Road to Wigan Pier’. Click here to sign up to receive our new South West business news ...

The Wigan Pier nightclub building has been cleared to make way for a park. The former Victorian storehouse was converted 40 years ago and became famous for rave and house music nights in the 1990s.