Market Street, Wigan

Market Street, Wigan

IN PICTURES: A last look at Wigan's Galleries shopping centre before the demolition teams move in

By Michelle Adamson

Published 29th Nov 2022, 15:45 BST

With news this week that demolition work is finally beginning on Wigan’s Galleries shopping centre to make way for a new hospitality, leisure, retail and accommodation complex, we thought we would give readers one last fond look at the mall before the heavy machinery razes it.

Wigan town centre

Market Street, Wigan

. The Galleries shopping centre, Wigan

Market Street, Wigan Photo: Photographer Michelle Adamson

View from Market Street, Wigan

. The Galleries shopping centre

View from Market Street, Wigan Photo: Photographer Michelle Adamson

View from, Mesnes Street.

. The Galleries

View from, Mesnes Street. Photo: Photographer Michelle Adamson

Hope Street, Wigan

. The Galleries shopping centre, Wigan.

Hope Street, Wigan Photo: Photographer Michelle Adamson

View from Marsden Street towards Hope Street, Wigan.

5. The Galleries shopping centre, Wigan

View from Marsden Street towards Hope Street, Wigan. Photo: Photographer Michelle Adamson

The Galleries, view from Standishgate, Wigan

6. The Galleries shopping centre

The Galleries, view from Standishgate, Wigan Photo: Photographer Michelle Adamson

Mesnes Street, Wigan.

7. The Galleries shopping centre, Wigan

Mesnes Street, Wigan. Photo: Photographer Michelle Adamson

Market Street, Wigan.

8. The Galleries shopping centre

Market Street, Wigan. Photo: Photographer Michelle Adamson