Skip to content

Table of contents

About Higher Folds

Higher Folds is a residential area just outside Wigan, easily reached via the A49 or local roads from the town centre. The M6 Junction 25 provides motorway access for longer journeys, whilst the A577 from Leigh serves local traffic. Electric vehicle charging is plentiful with over 300 fast chargers nearby. The district retains charming Victorian terraced streets that showcase the area's industrial past.

Where is Higher Folds on the map?

Higher Folds is in England, at 53.503, -2.483 - about 3 km east of Leigh, Wigan.

How far is Higher Folds from where I am?

Use your device location to see the distance to Higher Folds, how long the drive takes, and directions from where you are.

EV Chargers in Higher Folds

21 chargers

Data source: OpenChargeMap

Find hotels in Higher Folds

Rent a car near Higher Folds

Play a pub crawl round in Higher Folds

Nine holes from pub to pub through the real streets of Higher Folds. Every cup is a bar somebody actually drinks in.

Pub Crawl Golf: Higher Folds9 holes, one ball

Popular destinations close by

Bedford, Wigan1 mi 5 minHooten Gardens2 mi 5 minMarsland Green2 mi 5 minLilford, Wigan2 mi 10 minLately Common3 mi 10 minLeigh, Wigan3 mi 10 minTown Lane3 mi 10 minSiddow Common3 mi 10 minHindsford3 mi 10 minLark Hill, Wigan3 mi 10 minAtherton3 mi 10 minBlackmoor, Wigan3 mi 10 minGlazebury3 mi 10 minPennington, Wigan3 mi 10 minFirs Lane3 mi 10 min

Nearby essentials

What is the closest airport to Higher Folds?

The closest airport to Higher Folds is Manchester Airport, 35 km (about 34 min by car). Other airports nearby: Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

Share Route

Save for offline?

We'll download this route and its map area so it works without a connection. This can take a moment -- you can keep using the app while it finishes.