Leigh

Summary

Leigh is a town^[1]. Leigh ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (187 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Leigh is located in Wigan^[3].
• Leigh is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Leigh's image is recorded as Butts Mill Leigh.jpg^[5].
• Leigh's image is recorded as LeighStadium-May2008.jpg^[6].
• Leigh's image is recorded as Leigh Parish Church & The Boar's Head.jpg^[7].
• Leigh's image is recorded as Leigh Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1548831.jpg^[8].
• Leigh's instance of is recorded as town^[9].
• Leigh's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[10].
• Leigh's shares border with is recorded as Atherton^[11].
• Leigh's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 156052314^[12].
• Leigh's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88278974^[13].
• Leigh's postal code is recorded as WN7^[14].
• Leigh's Commons category is recorded as Leigh, Greater Manchester^[15].
• Leigh's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[16].
• Leigh's local dialing code is recorded as 01942^[17].
• Leigh's OS grid reference is recorded as SD655005^[18].
• Leigh's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.4975, 'lon': -2.515}^[19].
• Leigh's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029_rj^[20].
• Leigh's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Leigh, Greater Manchester^[21].
• Leigh's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as f681d4e8-2246-4109-a85f-d957fb0abe2b^[22].
• Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+41275'}^[23].
• Leigh's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[24].
• Leigh's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Leigh's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Leigh'}^[26].
• Leigh's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Leigh, Greater Manchester^[27].

Body

Geography

Leigh is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Leigh is located in Wigan^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Leigh's population is recorded as {'amount': '+41275'}^[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[9] and unparished area^[10].

Why It Matters

Leigh ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (187 views/month).^[2] Leigh has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Leigh is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]