But it’s a long time since Wigan Pier drew huge crowds. And for those anxious to witness its revival, their patience will have to be tested further yet. The council this week said that it is ...

The hard-cover book of George Orwell’s “Road to Wigan Pier” was due at the Hull Central Library all the way back in 1974.

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 ...

Wigan Pier, immortalised in George Orwell's book The Road to Wigan Pier, will become a "a multi-event space". The ground floor will consist of a delicatessen and a large taproom style pub.

The hard-cover book of George Orwell’s “Road to Wigan Pier” was due at the Hull Central Library all the way back in 1974. What would’ve been a hefty fee was eliminated thank… ...

Road to Wigan Pier 2017 A full 80 years after George Orwell set off on his Road to Wigan Pier journey, we're heading off to create a 2017 version - and we want to hear from you. Comments ...

Road to Wigan Pier 2017: Recreating George Orwell's journey 80 years on and mapping modern Britain. In 1937, Orwell's book about poverty in Northern England shocked the country.

Read Wigan Pier nightclub demolished latest on ITV News. All the Monday 6th January 2014 news The former nightclub building at Wigan Pier is to be demolished ahead of a major redevelopment.

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 was originally a coal loading jetty where wagons would unload coal on to canal barges. The historic site sits on the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in central Wigan.

Wigan Pier Nightclub has been empty since 2010 and become an "eyesore", according to Wigan Council The final section of the former Wigan Pier Nightclub, popular during the 1990s house and rave ...